Bruins Daily · Oct 31, 2023
Bruins rally for “character” win in first-round rematch
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 of his first major ‘uh-oh’ plays of the season, as he had his pocket picked behind the Boston net by Barkov, who fed Sam Reinhart to put Florida ahead 2-0.