Bruins score three early, beat Panthers 4-1 at TD Garden

The Bruins buried the Panthers in the first period and held on for a 4-1 win at TD Garden. Boston scored three times in the opening 16 minutes and never gave the lead back.

Elias Lindholm opened the scoring at 4:50 with a wrist shot. Michael Eyssimont poked in a second goal at 6:11 to make it 2-0. Morgan Geekie's slap shot at 15:59 pushed it to 3-0. Carter Verhaeghe answered for Florida at 18:05 with a slap shot, cutting it to 3-1, and that was the only goal the Panthers got.

JJ Peterka was the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.0. He scored a snap shot 58 seconds into the third period for the 4-1 final and put seven shots on goal. David Pastrnak had two assists. Boston moves to 13-4-1 and 27 points, while Florida falls to 9-7-2 with 20 points.

Chirp's Sim had the Bruins at 59% before the game.