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Match Report

Palat's OT goal lifts Lightning over Bruins 4-3 in Game 2

Ondrej Palat scored at 4:40 of overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 wi over te Boston Bruins on Tuesday night, evening their Eastern Confrence semifinal series at one game apiece.

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Team Stats

BOS TB
27
Blocked Shots
18
47
Hits
43
5
Takeaways
5
25
Shots
40
1
Power Play Goals
0
3
Power Play Opportunities
2
33.3
Power Play Percentage
0.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
33
Faceoffs Won
31
51.6
Faceoff Win Percent
48.4
10
Giveaways
15
3
Total Penalties
4
6
Penalty Minutes
8

Top Performers

BOS

  • Jaroslav Halak G GA 4 · SA 40 · SOS 0
  • Patrice Bergeron C BS 2 · HT 2 · TK 0
  • Ondrej Kase RW BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 1
  • Charlie Coyle C BS 3 · HT 1 · TK 1

TB

  • Andrei Vasilevskiy G GA 3 · SA 25 · SOS 0
  • Blake Coleman LW BS 0 · HT 6 · TK 0
  • Yanni Gourde C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0
  • Brayden Point C BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 1

Head to Head

TB wins series 3-1

Injuries

Tampa Bay Lightning

  • Zemgus Girgensons Day-To-Day
  • Yanni Gourde Injured Reserve

Boston Bruins

Play by Play

  1. Goal 4:40 3-4
    Ondrej Palat 1st OT
  2. Missed 3:58 3-3
    Torey Krug 1st OT
  3. Missed 19:39 3-3
    Alex Killorn 3rd
  4. Missed 18:11 3-3
    Zach Bogosian 3rd
  5. Goal 16:02 3-3
    Brad Marchand 3rd
  6. Missed 12:39 2-3
    Patrice Bergeron 3rd
  7. Missed 12:08 2-3
    David Pastrnak 3rd
  8. Goal 10:40 2-3
    Blake Coleman 3rd
  9. Missed 9:05 2-2
    Matt Grzelcyk 3rd
  10. Missed 7:59 2-2
    Pat Maroon 3rd
  11. Missed 7:11 2-2
    Mikhail Sergachev 3rd
  12. Missed 1:59 2-2
    Brayden Point 3rd
  13. Missed 1:54 2-2
    Ondrej Palat 3rd
  14. Missed 1:42 2-2
    Ondrej Palat 3rd
  15. Missed 1:31 2-2
    Alex Killorn 3rd
  16. Penalty 0:35
    Connor Clifton 3rd
  17. Missed 19:58 2-2
    Jake DeBrusk 2nd
  18. Missed 18:50 2-2
    David Pastrnak 2nd
  19. Penalty 17:40
    Victor Hedman 2nd
  20. Missed 16:30 2-2
    Ondrej Palat 2nd
  21. Goal 15:28 2-2
    Nikita Kucherov 2nd
  22. Goal 14:33 2-1
    Brad Marchand 2nd
  23. Penalty 14:14
    Ondrej Palat 2nd
  24. Missed 12:28 1-1
    Yanni Gourde 2nd
  25. Missed 9:09 1-1
    Jake DeBrusk 2nd
  26. Missed 7:37 1-1
    Alex Killorn 2nd
  27. Penalty 6:40
    Sean Kuraly 2nd
  28. Missed 3:56 1-1
    Chris Wagner 2nd
  29. Missed 3:12 1-1
    Connor Clifton 2nd
  30. Missed 2:46 1-1
    Luke Schenn 2nd
  31. Missed 2:05 1-1
    Brayden Point 2nd
  32. Missed 2:02 1-1
    Erik Cernak 2nd
  33. Penalty 17:15
    Alex Killorn 1st
  34. Goal 12:42 1-1
    Blake Coleman 1st
  35. Missed 9:53 1-0
    Alex Killorn 1st
  36. Missed 8:50 1-0
    Luke Schenn 1st
  37. Missed 7:04 1-0
    David Pastrnak 1st
  38. Penalty 5:32
    Matt Grzelcyk 1st
  39. Penalty 5:32
    Cedric Paquette 1st
  40. Goal 3:14 1-0
    Nick Ritchie 1st
  41. Missed 3:11 0-0
    Anders Bjork 1st
  42. Missed 2:59 0-0
    Zach Bogosian 1st
  43. Missed 2:54 0-0
    Braydon Coburn 1st
  44. Missed 1:54 0-0
    Blake Coleman 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 3-4
    1st OT
  2. Period End 20:00 3-4
    1st OT
  3. Goal 4:40 3-4
    Ondrej Palat 1st OT
  4. Shot 4:38 3-3
    Yanni Gourde 1st OT
  5. Shot 4:36 3-3
    Ondrej Palat 1st OT
  6. Shot 4:34 3-3
    Pat Maroon 1st OT
  7. Hit 4:31 3-3
    Torey Krug 1st OT
  8. Giveaway 4:28 3-3
    Sean Kuraly 1st OT
  9. Blocked 4:16 3-3
    Yanni Gourde 1st OT
  10. Giveaway 4:15 3-3
    Brandon Carlo 1st OT
  11. Missed 3:58 3-3
    Torey Krug 1st OT
  12. Shot 3:41 3-3
    Barclay Goodrow 1st OT
  13. Shot 3:24 3-3
    Tyler Johnson 1st OT
  14. Blocked 3:10 3-3
    Alex Killorn 1st OT
  15. Blocked 2:55 3-3
    Mikhail Sergachev 1st OT
  16. Hit 2:39 3-3
    Jake DeBrusk 1st OT
  17. Face Off 2:21 3-3
    David Krejci 1st OT
  18. Stoppage 2:21 3-3
    1st OT
  19. Shot 2:20 3-3
    Nikita Kucherov 1st OT
  20. Blocked 1:58 3-3
    Nikita Kucherov 1st OT
  21. Takeaway 1:54 3-3
    Matt Grzelcyk 1st OT
  22. Hit 1:26 3-3
    Sean Kuraly 1st OT
  23. Face Off 1:15 3-3
    Sean Kuraly 1st OT
  24. Stoppage 1:15 3-3
    1st OT
  25. Shot 1:15 3-3
    Ondrej Palat 1st OT
  26. Giveaway 1:02 3-3
    Zdeno Chara 1st OT
  27. Shot 0:58 3-3
    Nikita Kucherov 1st OT
  28. Shot 0:47 3-3
    David Pastrnak 1st OT
  29. Face Off 0:40 3-3
    Patrice Bergeron 1st OT
  30. Stoppage 0:40 3-3
    1st OT
  31. Hit 0:34 3-3
    Brandon Carlo 1st OT
  32. Face Off 0:00 3-3
    Patrice Bergeron 1st OT
  33. Period Start 0:00 3-3
    1st OT
  34. Period End 20:00 3-3
    3rd
  35. Missed 19:39 3-3
    Alex Killorn 3rd
  36. Hit 19:21 3-3
    Anthony Cirelli 3rd
  37. Shot 19:02 3-3
    Brandon Carlo 3rd
  38. Hit 18:56 3-3
    Blake Coleman 3rd
  39. Blocked 18:34 3-3
    Nikita Kucherov 3rd
  40. Blocked 18:31 3-3
    Nikita Kucherov 3rd

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