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Marchand has now played in 1,091 NHL regular-season games. All but one has come with the Bruins.
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Despite being traded from the Boston Bruins to the Florida Panthers just over three weeks ago, forward Brad Marchand has been out of the team's lineup due to an upper-body injury.
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Florida worked the puck around before Sasha Barkov found Sam Bennett with a perfect back door feed. Bennett deposited the puck behind Karel Vejmelka to give the Cats a 1-0 lead just 2:28 into the seco...
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Then delivered a sight needing a moment to digest: Bennett celebrating the game-winner with his one-time rival. The bitter enemies were now best buds. The script, as they showed in a winners’ hug, got flipped.
Marchand was on the ice during overtime with the puck on his stick, and it was the newest Panthers player who made a perfect pass to Sam Bennett that was backhanded into the net to win the game for Florida.
Brace yourselves, Boston Bruins fans. Brad Marchand is set to take the ice for the Florida Panthers on Friday night.
“It was a hard-fought game, they played really well,” said Panthers Head Coach Paul Maurice. “They didn't give up a whole lot. They had to work for it. We didn't give up a lot, but Sergei (Bobrovsky) still had to make about three really, really good saves, because they’ve got shooters on their team. So I'm reasonably pleased with the win.”
Brad Marchand capped his Panthers debut by setting up Sam Bennett's winner with 41.1 seconds left in overtime, and Florida defeated Utah 2-1.
Former Boston Bruins star Brad Marchand will make his long-awaited Florida Panthers debut on Friday night against the Utah Hockey Club.
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ESPN’s John Buccigross believes he could land in an unexpected spot. Speaking on Daily Faceoff’s "Morning Cuppa Hockey " on Wednesday, Buccigross predicted that Marchand will sign with an Original Six franchise, the Montreal Canadiens, in the offseason.