Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning

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Boston Bruins

43-26-8

Final
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Tampa Bay Lightning

48-22-6

Lightning beat the Bruins 3-1 hours after securing a playoff spot

Boston Bruins vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

The Atlantic Division-leading Lightning wrapped up the Eastern Conference postseason position with Detroit's 4-1 loss at the New York Rangers in the afternoon. Boston holds the first wild-card spot in the East.

After assisting on defenseman Charle-Edouard D’Astous' tying goal at 2:13 of the third, Raddysh put the Lightning ahead with a sharp-angle shot past goalie Jeremy Swayman from the right side on a break.

Nikita Kucherov added his 42nd goal of the season into an empty net, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 21 saves to help the Lightning finish a seven-game homestand 5-1-1.

Casey Mittelstadt scored for Boston in the second. Swayman stopped 20 shots as the Bruins lost their second straight on a four-game trip. They lost 2-1 at Florida on Thursday night.

Up next Bruins: At Philadelphia on Sunday.

Lightning: At Buffalo on Monday night.

Regular Season Series

TB leads series 3-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	2nd Period 6:47	Casey Mittelstadt Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Viktor Arvidsson (27), Pavel Zacha (33)
Goal	3rd Period 2:13	Charle-Edouard D'Astous Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand (19)
Goal	3rd Period 14:29	Darren Raddysh Goal (21) Snap Shot, assists: J.J. Moser (21)
Goal	3rd Period 18:27	Nikita Kucherov Goal (42) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Guentzel (48), Ryan McDonagh (12)

Statistics

BOS		TB
14	Blocked Shots	13
11	Hits	20
4	Takeaways	3
22	Shots	23
0	Power Play Goals	0
4	Power Play Opportunities	1
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
40	Faceoffs Won	18
69.0	Faceoff Win Percent	31.0
15	Giveaways	12
1	Total Penalties	4
2	Penalty Minutes	8