Even without Matthew Tkachuk and Aleksander Barkov, the Florida Panthers remain in the heads of the Boston Bruins.

The Bruins were undisciplined with their emotions and with the puck, and they lost way too many battles in a 4-3 loss to the Panthers, who now have a 2-0-0 edge in the season series. The worst part for the Bruins was that the Panthers didn't even have their two-best players in center Aleksander Barkov (injury) and left wing Matthew Tkachuk (illness).

Pastrnak has four points through three games and has found the scoresheet at least once each time out. This is a good matchup for him to pile up the shots, and that generally leads to success, either from Pastrnak scoring himself or his shooting, creating rebound opportunities for others to pounce on.