Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy left Wednesday's game against the Florida Panthers early after taking a dirty hit.

Their second of three meetings this season, the Panthers took home a 4-3 win over the Bruins at TD Garden on Oct. 21 behind a two-assist night from Brad Marchand and a game-winning goal from Carter Verhaeghe with 26 seconds left in the third period.

One of the main reasons why the Boston Bruins signed forward Tanner Jeannot to a five-year, $17 million contract this past off-season was because of his toughness. Jeannot certainly showed it off during the club's Wednesday night contest against the Florida Panthers.

RECAP: The Bruins could not land a knockout punch on the Panthers on the scoreboard Wednesday night in Sunrise.

Brad Marchand scored in the fourth round of the shootout in his return to Florida's lineup after missing two games to give the Panthers a 5-4 win over the Boston Bruins, his former team, on Wednesday night.

SUNRISE — The Panthers got much-needed reinforcements from previously injured players, and those players helped Florida snap a four-game losing streak and pick up a crucial, 5-4, shootout victory over Boston at Amerant Bank Arena on Wednesday night.

Down in Sunrise, Marco Sturm and the Bruins have a chance to put the Panthers in a real, real bad place ahead of the Olympic break.

The B's erased a two-goal third period deficit but could not close the deal in the shootout.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Bruins are set for one final game before the three-week Olympic break as they visit the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers in Sunrise on Wednesday night (7 p.m. ET on TNT and 98.5 The Sports Hub).

Florida Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky opened up after securing a huge shootout win over the Boston Bruins.

Charlie McAvoy, a defenseman at Boston Bruins, was the focus of NHL-related news following a controversial head hit by Florida Panthers forward Sandis Vilmanis. Although McAvoy was reinstated into the game,