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Florida Panthers vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Tuesday, December 15, 2026 · TD Garden

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Game preview

The Florida Panthers visit the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Tuesday, December 15, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on TNT, truTV, HBO MAX and SN.

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

Rest and travel

Panthers

Game 3 of a road trip: Detroit and Philadelphia, now Boston.

  1. 52026-12-05: at MTL
  2. 62026-12-06: no game
  3. 72026-12-07: no game
  4. 82026-12-08: vs BOS
  5. 92026-12-09: no game
  6. 102026-12-10: vs PIT
  7. 112026-12-11: no game
  8. 122026-12-12: at DET
  9. 132026-12-13: no game
  10. 142026-12-14: at PHI
  11. 152026-12-15: at BOS, second of a back-to-backB2B
rest since last game
0 days
rest since last game
since last game
~274 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,846 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Bruins

Back home after a game in Carolina.

  1. 52026-12-05: vs DET
  2. 62026-12-06: no game
  3. 72026-12-07: no game
  4. 82026-12-08: at FLA
  5. 92026-12-09: no game
  6. 102026-12-10: at TBL
  7. 112026-12-11: no game
  8. 122026-12-12: vs NJD
  9. 132026-12-13: at CAR, second of a back-to-backB2B
  10. 142026-12-14: no game
  11. 152026-12-15: vs FLA
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~612 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,223 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

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
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

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

FLABOS

Settled lines

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

FLA 72% (7th most settled)BOS 72% (9th 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

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

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

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

Caught on long shifts

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

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

Season series