Bruins-Panthers: What we learned from Boston’s gutsy comeback win

Bruins center Pavel Zacha (18) reacting after his game winning goal beats Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) during overtime period NHL action at TD Garden.Despite a battered backend and an early 2-0 deficit, the Boston Bruins managed to pull off a “character win” to continue their season-opening point streak.

Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov opened the scoring as the game began to open up in the first period. Barkov capitalized on the 2-on-1 one by snapping a shot past the glove of Linus Ullmark to give Florida the opening tally at 6:13 of the first period.

In an all-too-familiar sequence, the Panthers capitalized off of a brutal Boston turnover. Rookie Matt Poitras had one…