Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins

TD Garden, Boston Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 6–3 on Thursday, March 23, 2017 on the road.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins
Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 42-30-10
at Boston Bruins 3 44-31-7

Goals by period

Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 3 3 6
Boston Bruins 0 3 0 3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 10 11 8 29
Boston Bruins 9 14 8 31

Three stars

  1. N. Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (3 goals)
  2. J. Drouin, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. R. Nash, Boston Bruins (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 01:33 Boston Bruins David Pastrnak (32) Patrice Bergeron (32), Ryan Spooner (27) Power play TBL 0, BOS 1
2nd 02:17 Tampa Bay Lightning Brayden Point (13) Ondrej Palat (25), Jake Dotchin (7) Even strength TBL 1, BOS 1
2nd 07:50 Boston Bruins Zdeno Chara (8) Riley Nash (8), Dominic Moore (11) Shorthanded TBL 1, BOS 2
2nd 08:14 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (35) Jonathan Drouin (29), Victor Hedman (46) Power play TBL 2, BOS 2
2nd 13:18 Boston Bruins Riley Nash (5) Dominic Moore (12), Kevan Miller (9) Even strength TBL 2, BOS 3
2nd 14:53 Tampa Bay Lightning Anton Stralman (3) Ondrej Palat (26), Brayden Point (18) Even strength TBL 3, BOS 3
3rd 04:12 Tampa Bay Lightning Jonathan Drouin (18) Alex Killorn (15), Vladislav Namestnikov (16) Even strength TBL 4, BOS 3
3rd 10:11 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (36) Victor Hedman (47), Jonathan Drouin (30) Power play TBL 5, BOS 3
3rd 18:03 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (37) Ondrej Palat (27) Even strength, Empty net TBL 6, BOS 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins
Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Boston Bruins
Shots on goal 29 31
Power play 2 of 5 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 12 14
Hits 25 26
Blocked shots 13 12
Giveaways 10 16
Takeaways 14 14
Faceoffs won 30/73 (41.1%) 43/73 (58.9%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 17 A. Killorn L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 18:56
Number 18 O. Palat L 0 3 3 +2 2 3 1 2 0 50% 21:06
Number 21 B. Point C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 1 0 0 37.5% 21:14
Number 23 J. Brown R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 09:36
Number 27 J. Drouin L 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 42.9% 18:56
Number 61 G. Dumont C 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 57.7% 10:31
Number 65 Y. Gourde C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 28.6% 12:22
Number 73 A. Erne L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 1 0 09:45
Number 86 N. Kucherov R 3 0 3 +2 4 6 1 0 2 19:10
Number 90 V. Namestnikov C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 1 0 14.3% 15:08
Number 92 J. Vermin R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 09:17
Number 5 J. Garrison D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 08:08
Number 6 A. Stralman D 1 0 1 +2 2 1 0 3 0 21:54
Number 28 L. Witkowski D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 09:11
Number 55 B. Coburn D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 22:21
Number 59 J. Dotchin D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 2 0 0 17:26
Number 62 A. Sustr D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 20:32
Number 77 V. Hedman D 0 2 2 +1 0 3 2 1 0 24:15
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 31 P. Budaj 31 28 3 .903 60:00 Win

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 19 D. Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 0 14:06
Number 20 R. Nash C 1 1 2 +1 0 1 0 1 0 50% 11:19
Number 28 D. Moore C 0 2 2 +1 0 1 0 1 0 50% 11:12
Number 37 P. Bergeron C 0 1 1 -2 2 3 0 1 0 75% 20:18
Number 39 M. Beleskey L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 07:05
Number 42 D. Backes R 0 0 0 -2 2 1 3 0 0 15:20
Number 46 D. Krejci C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 59.1% 20:11
Number 51 R. Spooner C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 11:58
Number 55 N. Acciari C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 33.3% 06:32
Number 63 B. Marchand L 0 0 0 -2 2 5 2 1 0 22:31
Number 72 F. Vatrano R 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 14:07
Number 88 D. Pastrnak R 1 0 1 -1 2 4 2 0 1 21:37
Number 6 C. Miller D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 2 1 0 15:13
Number 25 B. Carlo D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 1 0 16:34
Number 33 Z. Chara D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 2 0 22:10
Number 47 T. Krug D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 2 0 24:04
Number 54 A. McQuaid D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17:59
Number 86 K. Miller D 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 18:15
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 40 T. Rask 28 23 5 .821 58:58 Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:55 Boston Bruins Brad Marchand Holding 2
1st 01:55 Tampa Bay Lightning Anton Stralman Tripping 2
1st 08:08 Boston Bruins Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
1st 11:18 Tampa Bay Lightning Gabriel Dumont Hooking 2
2nd 01:21 Tampa Bay Lightning Gabriel Dumont Tripping 2
2nd 07:25 Boston Bruins Brandon Carlo Tripping 2
2nd 19:09 Tampa Bay Lightning Ondrej Palat Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
2nd 19:09 Boston Bruins Patrice Bergeron Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
3rd 00:53 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov Holding the stick 2
3rd 09:41 Boston Bruins David Pastrnak High sticking 2
3rd 10:37 Boston Bruins David Backes Interference 2
3rd 12:19 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov Hooking 2
3rd 18:48 Boston Bruins Frank Vatrano Tripping 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Boston Bruins head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Referees
Eric Furlatt, Trevor Hanson
Linesmen
Steve Barton, Matt MacPherson
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Tyler Johnson, Greg McKegg, Cedric Paquette
Boston Bruins scratches
John-Michael Liles, Jimmy Hayes, Joe Morrow, Tim Schaller

2016-2017 season series

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Sources and further reading

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