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Recap - Lightning Defeat Boston 3-1

Tampa Bay got a pair of goals from Ondrej Palat as the Lightning skated to a 3-1 victory over Boston on Saturday at Scotiabank Arena.

Bettors who backed the Lightning were rewarded as -108 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go UNDER the closing total of 5.5.

Tampa Bay got goals from Ondrej Palat(2), and Victor Hedman in the victory. Palat opened the scoring at 8:59 of the first period.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 29 of 30 Boston shots in the victory.

Boston got a goal from Jake DeBrusk in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Boston got a 23-stop effort from Jaroslav Halak in the loss.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 1-for-5, while the Bruins were 1-for-4 with the man advantage.

Boston outshot Tampa Bay 30-26 in the game.