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Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins

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Cirelli scores twice, Lightning hold Bruins without a shot in 2nd period in 6-2 victory

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins: Game Highlights

Nick Paul, Victor Hedman and Darren Raddysh added goals to help Tampa Bay snap a three-game skid. Cirelli and Ben Hagel had empty-netters.

Elias Lindholm and Marat Khusnutdinov scored for the Bruins. They are 2-2 Brad Marchand — at the deadline.

Paul’s goal off a rebound from the left edge of the crease made it 2-1 at 2:13 of the second.

Coming off a shootout loss at Philadelphia, the Lightning jumped ahead on Hedman’s goal on the second rebound out of a scramble early into the game.

Lindholm’s one-timed a shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy off a nifty feed from Andrew Peeke, tying it in the opening period.

The teams faced each other for the second time in eight days after Boston won at Tampa Bay in its first game after the trades.

Takeaways Lightning: Despite scuffling lately following an outstanding February when they went 7-0-1, they’re still in position to make a run at one of the Atlantic Division’s top two seeds.

Bruins: They move closer to being eliminated from postseason play for the first time since 2016 as they sit outside a crowded wild-card chase.

Key moment With Tampa Bay leading 2-1 seconds after its power play expired, Cirelli, positioned in the slot, tipped Ryan McDonagh’s shot past Jeremy Swayman.

Key stat Boston was outshot 20-0 in the second. It was the Bruins’ second period this season without a shot on goal. Before that, they hadn’t had a period without one since 2007. The Bruins finished with 12 shots on goal.

Up next Both teams play Monday night. The Lightning host Philadelphia, and the Bruins host Buffalo.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 2:22 Victor Hedman Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Yanni Gourde (14), Darren Raddysh (26)
Goal 1st Period 15:58 Elias Lindholm Goal (12) Slap Shot, assists: Andrew Peeke (15), Jakub Lauko (5)
Goal 2nd Period 2:13 Nick Paul Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: Emil Lilleberg (15), Gage Goncalves (8)
Goal 2nd Period 7:22 Anthony Cirelli Goal (21) Tip-In, assists: Ryan McDonagh (20), Yanni Gourde (15)
Goal 2nd Period 17:08 Darren Raddysh Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Emil Lilleberg (16), Nick Paul (17)
Goal 3rd Period 0:23 Marat Khusnutdinov Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Henri Jokiharju (4), Elias Lindholm (24)
Goal 3rd Period 16:31 Brandon Hagel Goal (31) Backhand, assists: Nikita Kucherov (65), Erik Cernak (16)
Goal 3rd Period 19:15 Anthony Cirelli Goal (22) Deflected, assists: Victor Hedman (41)

Statistics

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11 Blocked Shots 19
19 Hits 36
3 Takeaways 7
40 Shots 12
0 Power Play Goals 0
2 Power Play Opportunities 1
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
31 Faceoffs Won 24
56.4 Faceoff Win Percent 43.6
12 Giveaways 13
1 Total Penalties 2
2 Penalty Minutes 4
Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Mark Kastelic, C Out Apr 1
Charlie McAvoy, D Injured Reserve Mar 31
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Luke Glendening, C Day-To-Day Apr 2

Game Information

TD Garden

Location: Boston, MA
Attendance: 17,850 | Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 46 25 96 4
Tampa Bay 44 25 93 5
Florida 44 27 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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