Brad Marchand struggled to hold back tears on the ice when the TD Garden crowd gave him a standing ovation Tuesday night during his first game back as a Bruins opponent. The 37-year-old forward tapped his heart, wiped his face and waved to the crowd as both teams banged their sticks against the ice and even the referee and linesmen clapped along.

The NHL picks things up on Tuesday night with another busy slate. There are 10 games throughout the evening, including a few interesting matchups. Brad Marchand

Florida Panthers star Brad Marchand was fined by the NHL for his heated confrontation with Buffalo Sabres defender Rasmus Dahlin.

Marchand was picked in the third round of the 2006 draft and is currently the fourth-leading scorer from that class. He’s well behind the leader, Ottawa’s Claude Giroux, but less than 50 points back of second spot, held by retired Caps legend Nicklas Bäckström.

The Boston Bruins took on the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night (Oct. 21) at TD Garden in Brad Marchand’s return to Boston. The game was a back-and-forth contest between the Bruins and the shorthanded Panthers,