The game between the Boston Bruins vs Tampa Bay Lightning will take place at TD Garden on Saturday, March 25 at 1:00 PM ET.
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The Boston Bruins will welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to TD Garden for an NHL game on Saturday. The Boston Bruins won 4-2 in their last game over the Canadiens. David Pastrnak scored his 49th goal, Tyler Bertuzzi had a goal and an assist and the Boston Bruins overcame a sluggish performance to beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory. Jake DeBrusk scored on a breakaway, David Krejci put home on a rebound midway through the third period and Jeremy Swayman stopped 29 shots for the Bruins, who managed 21 shots and went 0 for 5 on the power play.
While denied a chance to clinch the Atlantic Division when Toronto beat Florida, Boston to 55-11-5 and remained on pace to break the league record of 62 wins in a season. “I don’t think we skated very well, but it’s understandable at times,” Boston coach Jim Montgomery said, referencing a busy end-of-season schedule. “But you’ve got to give credit to those guys. We find a way to win hockey games.” Nick Suzuki and Kirby Dach each scored power-play goals against Boston’s No. 1 penalty kill, Suzuki added an assist and Jake Allen made 17 saves in Montreal’s 10th loss in 12 games.
The 932nd meeting between the Original Six rivals and their only matchup in Boston this season was chippy. The Bruins were upset early with Rem Pitlick’s hit on Patrice Bergeron, leading Brad Marchand to take down Pitlick. “You don’t hit our captain like that. It was a three-second late hit,” Montgomery said. “I love the fact that Marchand made the guy pay a price.” There were 31 penalty minutes in the first period, including a game misconduct against the Bruins’ A.J. Greer after his crosscheck to the face of Mike Hoffman as they awaited a face-off. “A pretty dirty play,” Suzuki said.
The Tampa Bay Lightning on the other hand lost 7-2 against the Senators in their last game. Brayden Point and Mikhail Sergachev scored and Brian Elliott stopped 28 shots for the Lightning, who are on a three-game losing streak and have been outscored 15-6 during that stretch. “We’re having a bit of a bit of a tough stretch here, but it’s all self-inflicted,” coach John Cooper said. “I’m just not sure when they’re going to learn, but they’re learning tough lessons.”
Sergachev made it a 3-2 game for Tampa Bay 4:10 into the third period with a power-play goal, giving the Lightning a chance. But less than two minutes later, Brannstrom had a beautiful end-to-end rush that culminated with a shot into the top corner to make it 4-2. Things went downhill from that point for the Lightning. Tkachuk padded the Senators’ lead with a power-play goal at 13:11 and added an empty-net goal 24 seconds later.
Watson closed the scoring at 14:39 when he spun around and had his shot beat Elliott. “I think we’re feeling sorry for ourselves a tiny bit,” Cooper said of his team. “Because they know better. That’s what makes it tough is because they know they’re making these mistakes.”
Tyler Bertuzzi – Connor Clifton – David Pastrňák
Patrice Bergeron – Charlie Coyle – Jake DeBrusk
David Krejčí – Jakub Zboril – Trent Frederic
A. J. Greer – Matt Grzelcyk
Garnet Hathaway – Hampus Lindholm
Brad Marchand – Charlie McAvoy
Tomáš Nosek – Dmitry Orlov
Jeremy Swayman
Pavel Zacha
Nikita Kucherov – Steven Stamkos – Brayden Point
Mikhail Sergachev – Zach Bogosian – Erik Černák
Anthony Cirelli – Ian Cole – Ross Colton
Brian Elliott – Mikey Eyssimont
Brandon Hagel – Victor Hedman
Tanner Jeannot – Alex Killorn
Patrick Maroon – Nick Paul
Nick Perbix
Corey Perry
Boston Bruins: Taylor Hall, Derek Forbort, Matt Filipe, Nick Foligno
Tampa Bay Lightning: None
The game between the Boston Bruins vs Tampa Bay Lightning will take place at TD Garden on Saturday, March 25 at 1:00 PM ET.
The match between the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning will be telecast live on Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Sun, NESN.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Sun, NESN. | March 25 (1:00 PM ET) |
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