The Florida Panthers lost its first game under new head coach Paul Maurice, dropping a hard-fought 5-3 decision to the Boston Bruins at TD Garden.
Defenseman Brandon Montour didn’t play in the game and Aaron Ekblad departed with a lower-body injury at 12:35 of the second period after Patrice Bergeron put the Bruins up 2-1.
The Cats fell behind right out of the gate when Jake DeBrusk stole the puck from Gustav Forsling and jetted down the ice before beating Sergei Bobrosvky from the right circle just 21 seconds after the opening faceoff. That’s a tone-setting save that Bobrovsky needs to make.