Florida Panthers at Boston Bruins: game preview
FloridaPanthers2026-27: 2-0-2 · 6 pts · 2025-26: 40-38-4 · 84 pts · 25that
BostonBruins2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 45-27-10 · 100 pts · 8thSixteen points apart last season
Florida finished last season 25th in the league on 84 points. Boston finished 8th on 100, and the 2025-26 season series went FLA 3-0-0.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 144
Across 143 completed games, Boston lead the head-to-head 76-52-15.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 21 Oct 2025, Florida were 14th in the league and Boston 27th. By 2 Apr 2026 it was 24th and 8th.
Boston out-attempted Florida 200 to 162
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Florida Panthers
Boston Bruins
Florida have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 4 games for Florida, 4 for Boston. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Florida, 10 for Boston.
2025-26: 82 games for Florida, 82 for Boston.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
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Small sampleBoston
Small sampleSkaters to watch
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.
Who has stopped this matchup
Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Florida crease
FLA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 12 Dec
No appearances against Boston in the last meetings.
Boston crease
BOS · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 12 Dec
No appearances against Florida in the last meetings.
Scoring rates point to about 6.0 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Florida2.002.003.063.37
Boston2.252.753.323.05Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
6 on the injury lists
Florida · injuries
Boston · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Placed C Aleksander Barkov on long-term injured reserve. Called up D Alexander Petrovic from Charlotte (AHL).
Placed C Aleksander Barkov on long-term injured reserve.
Placed RW/C Cole Schwindt, RD Alexander Petrovic, LD Donovan Sebrango, LW Kai Schwindt, LW Cole Reinhardt, RW Sam Lafferty and C/LW John Beecher on waivers. Agreed to terms with RW Nathan Bastian on a 1-year, two-way contract.
Reinstated C Matthew Poitras from injured reserve.
Placed RW Michael Eyssimont on waivers.
Placed D Henri Jokiharju on waivers. Placed C Matthew Poitras on injured reserve.
Florida · 2026 draft
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