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.

Making a major impact in his return to Boston, Brad Marchand dished out a pair of primary assists to lift the Florida Panthers to a 4-3 win over the Bruins at TD Garden on Tuesday.

A four-time All-Star who had 422 goals and 554 assists in 16 seasons in Boston, Marchand remains in the Bruins' top 10 for goals, assists, short-handed and overtime goals, playoff goals and points.