The Panthers were pumped up after their Stanley Cup celebration on Opening Night, but had no interest in trading punches.

Sam Bennett scored two goals as the Florida Panthers opened the defense of their first Stanley Cup title with a 6-4 win over the Boston Bruins.

Sam Bennett scored twice, Sam Reinhart and Evan Rodrigues each had a goal and an assist, and the Florida Panthers opened defense of their Stanley Cup championship by topping the Boston Bruins 6-4 on Tuesday in the opener for both teams.

Over the last week, both members of the former Boston bear-hugging duo have received large contract extensions. On Sunday, the Bruins announced they signed No. 1 goaltender Jeremy Swayman to an eight-year contract worth $66 million. Three days later, the Senators announced a four-year, $33 million contract extension for Ullmark.

The Ottawa Senators have locked up their star goalie to one of the highest salary cap hits by a netminder in the NHL.

Things got chippy between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers in their first game of the 2024-25 season. Some scrums and scuffles were expected between the r

Unfortunately, this led new Bruins forward Max Jones to take an ugly penalty against the Cats. While in a scrum with Panthers forward Evan Rodrigues, Jones went to slash the Panthers forward's stick.

At the end of the day, they got the better of us on every play in that series…you remember it and try to be better next time.” While Marchand said the Bruins won’t be focused on the past, he fully acknowledged that the season-opening showdown with their newfound rivals will surely be fraught with emotion.