Even without Matthew Tkachuk and Aleksander Barkov, the Florida Panthers remain in the heads of the Boston Bruins.

Keeping the lead intact in the third period, Bobrovsky denied Zacha on a golden opportunity from the left circle at 13:16. With less than nine minutes left on the clock, the Panthers came up big on the penalty kill, surrendering just two shots on goal to Boston’s power play.

The Bruins were undisciplined with their emotions and with the puck, and they lost way too many battles in a 4-3 loss to the Panthers, who now have a 2-0-0 edge in the season series. The worst part for the Bruins was that the Panthers didn't even have their two-best players in center Aleksander Barkov (injury) and left wing Matthew Tkachuk (illness).