It was the start of the season for both teams.

Sam Bennett scored two goals, and Sam Reinhart and Evan Rodrigues each had a goal and an assist for the Panthers, who raised their Stanley Cup championship banner before the game. Sergei Bobrovsky made 24 saves.

Charlie McAvoy had a goal and an assist for the Bruins. David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha and Trent Frederic also scored.

Jeremy Swayman didn’t play after missing all of training camp before signing an eight-year, $66 million contract on Sunday. Joonas Korpisalo, acquired June 24 in a trade with the Ottawa Senators for goaltender Linus Ullmark, allowed six goals on 35 shots.

Bennett gave Florida a 1-0 lead at 6:27 of the first period, winning a battle with Brandon Carlo at the right post and hammering a rebound into the open net.

Eetu Luostarinen made it 2-0 after 7:31. Korpisalo stopped Reinhart’s first attempt, but Luostarinen picked up the rebound in the goal area.

Zacha made it 2-1 with a short-handed goal at 15:33, deflecting a shot from the top of the left circle after a pass from Elias Lindholm.

Reinhart responded with his own shorthanded goal to make it 3-1 at 18:34. He skated down the left wing, moved the puck inside to McAvoy and scored with a shot that bounced off Korpisalo’s left shoulder.

Bennett scored his second goal of the half at 19:34 to extend the lead to 4-1.

Jonah Gadjovich made it 5-1 at 9:12 of the second period by parrying a pass from behind from Jesper Boqvist.

McAvoy made it 5-2 at 12:32 and scored five holes after Bobrovsky failed to block John Beecher’s first shot.

Rodrigues extended the lead to 6-2 at 6:26 of the third period with a wrist shot from the high slot.

Frederic made it 6-3 at 16:51 with a one-timer off a backhand pass from Justin Brazeau.

Pastrnak brought the Bruins within 6-4 with a power play goal with 1:45 left. His intended pass from the left circle deflected the ball five-hole away from Florida defenseman Dmitry Kulikov.