We were not long into the 2025-26 season before center Casey Mittelstadt was issued his first wakeup call.

Mittelstadt, who has another year on his contract worth $5.75 million, was a healthy scratch in Sunday’s game in Utah. With the Florida Panthers in town on Tuesday, coach Marco Sturm re-inserted into the lineup but as the left wing on the second with Pavel Zacha in the middle and Viktor Arvidsson on the right wing.

“I want to see a response,” said Sturm after the Bruins’ morning skate. “He should be well-rested and ready to go. He’s a very skilled guy, so I want him to use his skill, too, not just in offensive zone but making plays to use Pavel Zacha in the middle and maybe use Arvy. And also on the power play. That’s what I’m hoping to get out of him.”

The scratch caught Mittelsta

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