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Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning

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Jeremy Swayman stops 26 shots to lead the Bruins over the Lightning 4-0

Boston Bruins vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

Cole Koepke scored twice against his former team. Mark Kastelic and Nikita Zadorov also scored for Boston which won for just the second time in 10 games.

Swayman recorded his fourth shutout of the season and 16th of his career.

Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 21 saves for Tampa Bay.

Boston took the lead after Casey Mittelstadt intercepted a Nick Perbix pass in the neutral zone and found Koepke. As Koepke cut to the net and tried to slip a puck through the pads that Vasilevskiy stopped, Oliver Bjorkstrand tried to clear the puck out of the paint but hit Vasilevskiy’s pad and the puck rebounded into the net at 10:32 of the second period.

Takeaways Bruins: Swayman’s last win came Feb. 4 against Minnesota. He was 0-4-2 in his previous six starts. … Boston entered the game with a 2-10-1 road record since Dec. 31. … Mittelstadt, acquired from Colorado on Friday, picked up an assist in his Boston debut.

Lightning: Defenseman Victor Hedman took part in pregame warmup but missed the game with a lower-body injury and is considered day to day. … Tampa Bay’s seven-game home winning streak was snapped.

Key moment Brandon Hagel had the tying goal on his stick with Tampa Bay down 1-0 in the third period as the puck was in the crease and the net open, but Swayman was able to get his stick on the attempt stop at 4:20.

Key stat Tampa Bay was shutout for the second time in 16 games after going 113 consecutive games without being shutout between Nov. 14, 2023, and Jan. 25, 2025.

Up Next On Tuesday, Boston will host Florida and the Lightning visit Carolina.

Regular Season Series

BOS leads series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 2nd Period 10:32 Cole Koepke Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 13:16 Mark Kastelic Goal (5) Slap Shot, assists: Patrick Brown (1), Ian Mitchell (1)
Goal 3rd Period 14:52 Nikita Zadorov Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: John Beecher (7)
Goal 3rd Period 15:53 Cole Koepke Goal (9) Snap Shot, assists: David Pastrnak (47), Casey Mittelstadt (24)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/bos.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originBOS https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tb.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originTB
23 Blocked Shots 20
35 Hits 21
3 Takeaways 1
25 Shots 25
0 Power Play Goals 0
1 Power Play Opportunities 2
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
27 Faceoffs Won 31
46.6 Faceoff Win Percent 53.4
13 Giveaways 16
3 Total Penalties 2
9 Penalty Minutes 7
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Luke Glendening, C Day-To-Day Apr 2
Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Mark Kastelic, C Out Apr 1
Charlie McAvoy, D Injured Reserve Mar 31

Game Information

Amalie Arena

Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 19,092 | Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 45 25 94 4
Tampa Bay 44 25 93 5
Florida 44 26 92 4
Ottawa 39 29 84 6
Montreal 35 30 79 9
Detroit 34 33 75 7
Buffalo 32 36 70 6
Boston 30 36 69 9
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