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BOSTON — After missing the Bruins Monday night game with a lower body, Mark Kastelic came back feisty in Thursday’s game against the Utah Hockey Club at TD Garden. On the fourth-line center’s second shift of the game, he squared off for a fight with Robert Bortuzzo.

Let this be a warning to all players across the National Hockey League. DO NOT TRY TO FIGHT MARK KASTELIC. Utah Hockey Club defenseman Robert Bortuzzo learned that the hard way on Thursday night at TD Garden when he squared off with the Boston Bruins forward.

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The Bruins, with juice in their legs and fury in their fists, scored a 1-0 victory over the Utah Hockey Club in Joe Sacco’s first game as interim coach Thursday night at TD Garden. Elias Lindholm snapped a 17-game goal drought and Mark Kastelic and Nikita Zadorov flexed their physicality as Boston snapped a three-game losing streak.

Elias Lindholm, whose offensive woes have been a much-discussed part of the Bruins’ early woes, broke his 17-game goal drought in the second period. On the power play and jammed home the rebound a Brad Marchand shot to put Boston up 1-0 with 7:19 left in the second.