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Boston Bruins vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Tuesday, December 8, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena

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Game preview

The Boston Bruins visit the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Tuesday, December 8, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on SN, NESN and SCRIPPS.

This is the second of 4 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Bruins

First game of a road trip.

  1. 282026-11-28: no game
  2. 292026-11-29: vs VAN
  3. 302026-11-30: no game
  4. 12026-12-01: vs COL
  5. 22026-12-02: no game
  6. 32026-12-03: no game
  7. 42026-12-04: no game
  8. 52026-12-05: vs DET
  9. 62026-12-06: no game
  10. 72026-12-07: no game
  11. 82026-12-08: at FLA
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~1,237 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,237 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Panthers

First home game after a 3-game road trip (NY Islanders, Toronto and Montréal).

  1. 282026-11-28: vs TBL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  2. 292026-11-29: no game
  3. 302026-11-30: no game
  4. 12026-12-01: at NYI
  5. 22026-12-02: no game
  6. 32026-12-03: at TOR
  7. 42026-12-04: no game
  8. 52026-12-05: at MTL
  9. 62026-12-06: no game
  10. 72026-12-07: no game
  11. 82026-12-08: vs BOS
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~1,388 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~3,128 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Boston BruinsBruinsTue, Oct 13 at SJS
  1. L1Zacha#18Geekie#39Pastrnak#88
    13:47 together at 5v5
  2. L2Khusnutdinov#92Minten#93Peterka#10
    9:52 together at 5v5
  3. L3Lindholm#28Mittelstadt#11Hagens#44
    8:06 together at 5v5
  4. L4Jeannot#84Kastelic#47Poitras#51
    7:56 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewLindholm#27McAvoy#73
    16:22 together at 5v5
  2. D2NewZadorov#91Borgen#17
    14:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3Lohrei#6Brunet#42
    9:46 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Mittelstadt CMinten CHagens CPeterka RBrunet D1:27
  2. 2Lindholm CZacha CGeekie CPastrnak RMcAvoy D1:26

Penalty kill

  1. 1Lindholm CKhusnutdinov CLindholm DMcAvoy D1:10
  2. 2Zacha CKastelic CLindholm DMcAvoy D0:36
Florida PanthersPanthersTue, Oct 13 at CBJ
  1. L1Vilmanis#95Luostarinen#27Lundell#15
    9:55 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewEller#20Verhaeghe#23Reinhart#13
    9:43 together at 5v5
  3. L3Tkachuk#19Tkachuk#8Bennett#9
    7:58 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewImama#14Lafferty#18Hathaway#21
    7:54 together at 5v5
  1. D1Ekblad#5Forsling#42
    12:58 together at 5v5
  2. D2Jones#3Mikkola#77
    11:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKulikov#7Balinskis#26
    11:24 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Tkachuk LTkachuk LVerhaeghe CReinhart CJones D4:55
  2. 2Eller CBennett CLuostarinen CLundell CEkblad D2:58

Penalty kill

  1. 1Luostarinen CLundell CEkblad DForsling D0:57
  2. 2Eller CHathaway RJones DMikkola D0:37

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

BOSFLA

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

BOS 72% (9th most settled)FLA 72% (7th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

BOS 1:36 left (10th latest · 14 pulls)FLA 2:30 left (2nd earliest · 15 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

BOS 48.8s (12th longest)FLA 47.4s (10th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

BOS 33% (12th most often)FLA 27% (10th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series