Even without Matthew Tkachuk and Aleksander Barkov, the Florida Panthers remain in the heads of the Boston Bruins. For the second time in six days, Jim Montgomery’s club played right into Florida’s strengths.

The Panthers are the gold standard in the NHL right now, and the Bruins have a lot of work to do to reach that level before the playoffs.

Pastrnak has four points through three games and has found the scoresheet at least once each time out. This is a good matchup for him to pile up the shots, and that generally leads to success, either from Pastrnak scoring himself or his shooting, creating rebound opportunities for others to pounce on.