Jokiharju has joined Nikita Zadorov on Boston’s new top defensive pairing, and they've showed some quick chemistry.

It has only been a little more than a week in a Bruin uniform for Jokiharju, but he feels energized by the change of scenery. “A hundred percent. Lots of energy and a new life, hockey-wise,” said the native of Oulu, Finland. He said he holds no ill will toward his former organization, against whom he’ll play on Monday.

Few in Boston knew who Henri Jokiharju was, let alone how to pronounce his name when the Boston Bruins acquired him last week at the NHL trade deadline. But after spending the last five seasons hidden away with the perpetually rebuilding Buffalo Sabres,