5
0
Lightning rebound still on track.
BOS-1
TB-4
Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 28 shots for the victory.
First Period
NO SCORING
Second Period
14:07 TB Cirelli (16), (Hagel, McDonagh)(SH)
19:10 TB Eyssimont (4), (Paul, McDonagh)
Third Period
2:05 BOS Lohrei (2), (Peeke, Marchand)
18:28 TB Hagel (19), (Kucherov, Cernak)(EN)
19:24 TB Point (25), (Kucherov, Hedman)(PP)
Brandon Hagel, Ryan McDonagh, and Anthony Cirelli were the game’s three stars.
The team wasn’t as clean and clinical as they were against Carolina and, in fact, Boston had a slight edge at 5v5 in expected goals. But, the Bruins special teams are terrible and the Lightning rode the special teams advantage to a key win tonight. They won’t hit 12 points in this 10 game segment of the campaign, but with a win next time at they can hit 48 points through 40 games, which is right on comfortable playoff pace where you want to be.
Conor Geekie had 1 shot and 1 hit in 11:25. Geekie is now three appearances away from graduating from prospect status on the website.
Mitchell Chaffee had 4 hits and 1 blocked shot in 12:36. Chaffee is six appearances from graduating from prospect status on the website.
Emil Lilleberg had 20 penalty minutes including a late game dust up, 2 shots, and 1 blocked shot in 16:31. Lilleberg is five appearances from graduation from prospect status on the website.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
