Although Brad Marchand is banged up for Florida, linemates Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart will have no trouble picking up the slack ahead of tonight's matchup against Boston.

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Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin and general manager Kevyn Adams had an hour-long meeting to discuss the state of the team ahead of the NHL trade deadline. On Tuesday morning, Paul Bissonnette said on the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast that Dahlin told Adams if things don’t change quickly he’s going to want out of Buffalo.

After the Bruins wiped out a 2-0 deficit in the third, Pavel Zacha gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead with 3:17 left in the third off a brilliant David Pastrnak backhand pass. After a dust-up that sent both Jakub Lauko and Anton Lundell off for roughing, Florida pulled Sergei Bobrovsky for the extra skater.

As a key member of the Stanley Cup-champion Florida Panthers and Team Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off, veteran forward Sam Reinhart has blossomed into one of the biggest big-game players in the hockey world.

Boston’s blueline is missing its three best minute munchers in McAvoy (injured), Lindholm (injured) and Brandon Carlo (traded). They don’t have the horses to slow Reinhart and Florida’s lethal top line or power play.

The Florida Panthers and former Bruin Brad Marchand hit the road to face the Boston Bruins. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Panthers-Bruins prediction and pick. The Florida Panthers come into the game at 40-21-3 on the year,

Brad Marchand joined his new Florida Panthers teammates on the ice for the first time Tuesday morning. The fact that Marchand was on the ice at all would be newsworthy since he has been out with an upper-body injury since March 1.

As if the Buffalo Sabres do not have enough drama with the club heading for their 14th consecutive season outside of the playoffs, defenseman Rasmus Dahlin refuted a report from TNT panelist and Spittin Chiclets co-host Paul Bissonette that the Sabres team captain met with GM Kevyn Adams and wants out of Buffalo if the club does not improve quickly.