2 assists for Panthers in his emotional Boston return

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand had two assists in his emotional return to Boston, and Carter Verhaeghe scored the winner with 27 seconds left to assist the Florida Panthers beat the Bruins 4-3 on Tuesday evening.

Boston rallied to tie it after trailing 2-0 lead within the third interval, then Marchand skated by way of the impartial zone and flipped the puck forward to Eetu Luostarinen as he burst forward of the final defender and beat Jeremy Swayman to make it 3-2 with 10 minutes to play.

With the Boston web empty, Morgan Geekie made it 3-3 with 1:31 left. However Verhaeghe broke the tie with 27 seconds to play.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 photographs for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who snapped a four-game shedding streak.

Swayman made 19 saves for Boston, which misplaced its fifth straight recreation after beginning Marco Sturm’s teaching tenure with three wins in a row.

Marchand received a standing ovation when he was the final participant to depart the ice after the pregame warmups, after which one other when the TD Backyard scoreboard performed a spotlight video from his time in Boston.

The four-time All-Star and the final remaining member of Boston’s 2011 Stanley Cup championship staff, who was dealt to Florida on the commerce deadline final season, broke down as he waved to the gang and tapped his coronary heart.

Marchand, who went on to assist the Panthers win their second straight Stanley Cup title, drew a tripping penalty 33 seconds into the sport and was swiping on the puck within the crease on the following energy play together with Mackie Samoskevich, who was credited with the aim.

A.J. Greer made it 2-0 within the second interval. Pavel Zacha and Elias Lindholm additionally scored for Boston.

Florida hosts Pittsburgh on Thursday evening.

Boston hosts Anaheim on Thursday evening.