Marchand traded to Panthers by Bruins for draft pick

Brad Marchand was traded to the Florida Panthers by the Boston Bruins on Friday, Boston general manager Don Sweeney said.

It was not announced what Boston received in return.

The 36-year-old forward is in the final season of an eight-year, $49 million contract ($6.125 million average annual value) he signed with the Bruins on Sept. 26, 2016, and can become an unrestricted free agent after the season.

Marchand, who was in his second season as captain of the Bruins, has 47 points (21 goals, 26 points) in 61 games this season. He is currently week to week with an upper-body injury sustained in a 3-2 Bruins win at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.

Marchand, who was the longest-tenured player on the team, is in his 16th season. He is fourth in games (1,090) and goals (422), fifth in points (976) and sixth in assists (554) in Bruins history.

He is a 14-time 20-goal scorer, including in each of the past 12 seasons, and has made the NHL All-Star Team four times (2016-17, 2020-21 first team; 2018-19, 2019-20 second team).

Marchand has 161 points in the Stanley Cup Playoffs (second), 56 goals (first), 82 assists (third) in 157 games (fourth). He won the Cup with the Bruins in 2010.

The Panthers, who won the Stanley Cup last season, are 39-21-3 and lead the Atlantic Division, two points ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs. They defeated Marchand and the Bruins each of the past two seasons in the playoffs, in seven games in the first round in 2023 and in six games in the second round in 2024.

Marchand and Panthers forward Sam Bennett are now teammates after they both won gold with Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off last month.

In Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Second Round last season, a controversial hit by Bennett on Marchand caused Marchand to miss the next two games with an upper-body injury. Bennett did not receive any supplementary discipline on the play, but Marchand later said that Bennett “got away with one.”

Boston (28-28-8) enters Friday three points behind the Ottawa Senators for the second wild card into the playoffs from the Eastern Conference.

On Friday, the Bruins also traded forward Charlie Coyle to the Colorado Avalanche along with forward prospect William Zellers and a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft for forward Casey Mittelstadt and a fifth-round pick in the 2026 draft. Boston also traded a 4th-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft to the Buffalo Sabres for defenseman Henri Jokiharju.

Florida visits Boston on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, NESN, SN, TVAS)