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Tampa Bay Falls 7-3 to Bruins - Recap

Trent Frederic was the difference, potting a pair for Boston on Saturday as the Bruins skated off with a 7-3 victory over the Lightning at TD Garden.

Boston was favored by -156 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Boston got goals from Trent Frederic(2), Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie, Jake DeBrusk, and Charlie Coyle in the victory. Frederic opened the scoring at 4:42 of the first period.

Linus Ullmark turned in a 23-save effort for the Bruins.

Brayden Point(2), and Nikita Kucherov scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Linus Ullmark.

Tampa Bay got a 20-stop effort from Andrei Vasilevskiy in the loss.

Boston scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Boston by a margin of 27-26.

Boston heads into a battle against the Avalanche. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, will have their next action against Los Angeles.