Just 2:28 after he scored the Bruins’ game-tying goal against the Panthers, Charlie McAvoy had to spend the rest of Monday’s rematch against Florida in Boston’s dressing room.
The Bruins’ star defenseman was tossed from Boston’s eventual 3-2 overtime win over the Panthers at 9:28 in the final period of regulation — with McAvoy handed a match penalty for an illegal check to the head against Florida defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson.
Shortly after he knotted the game up at 2-2 off his second tally in as many games, McAvoy trucked Ekman-Larsson in front of Florida’s net. With the puck off his stick, Ekman-Larsson was hit high by the Bruins’ blueliner, causing him to crumple to the ice.