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Lightning Down Boston 3-2 - Match Report

Tampa Bay got a 37-save performance from Andrei Vasilevskiy as the Lightning handed Boston a 3-2 loss on Thursday at Amalie Arena.

The Lightning were a -107 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 6.0.

Tampa Bay got goals from Nikita Kucherov, Brandon Hagel, and Victor Hedman in the victory. Hagel opened the scoring at 10:42 of the first period.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 37 of 39 Boston shots in the victory.

Boston got goals from Pavel Zacha, and Brad Marchand in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Linus Ullmark stopped 32 of 35 shots for the Bruins, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Tampa Bay scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Boston went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Boston by a margin of 39-35.

Tampa Bay looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Kings. The Bruins will aim to get back on the winning track at Florida.