7
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Lightning find the formula to bring down Boston.
BOS-2
TB-3
Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 38 shots for the win. After not quite stepping up in the final two games of the western road trip, he helped steal the win tonight.
First Period
10:42 TB Hagel (19), (Kucherov, Point)(PP)
Second Period
16:58 BOS Marchand (16), (Clifton, Lindholm)
Third Period
0:58 TB Kucherov (20), (Stamkos)
2:24 BOS Zacha (9), (Krejci, Pastrnak)
13:19 TB Hedman (3), (Point, Kucherov)
Victor Hedman, Vasilevskiy, and Nikita Kucherov were the game’s three stars.
It was another measuring stick game and the Lightning showed they are a match for Boston, beating them in expected goals, in no small part by out-savvying the veteran Bruins. They won the special teams battle, they won the faceoff circles including a goal directly off a clean faceoff win, and they got the better end of the goaltending. This is what a veteran team in its full maturity can do. It can manufacture victories by mastering the little things.
Nick Perbix was -1 with 2 hits and 1 blocked shot in 12:46.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
