Boston Bruins (28-28-8, 64 Pts) at Tampa Bay Lightning (37-21-2, 76 Pts)
Venue: Amalie Arena
Date: Saturday, March 8
Time: 3:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/ABC
Radio:
Boston – 98.5 The Sports Hub
Tampa Bay – 102.5 The Bone
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Boston +1.5 ML +240
Tampa Bay -1.5 ML -298
O/U 5.5
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Boston Bruins News & Notes:
The Bruins have lost three straight games most recently losing to the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Thursday. Yesterday they blew things up trading Charlie Coyle, Brad Marchand, and Brandon Carlo. They are averaging 1.67 goals per game on their losing streak while allowing 3.33 goals per game.
Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:
The Lightning have won two straight games most recently beating the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 on Thursday. They’ve scored six goals in both their wins while allowing 3.50 goals per game.
Boston Bruins Projected Lines
Geekie-Zacha-Pastrnak
Tufte-Mittelstadt-E. Lindholm
Koepke-Poitras-Lettieri
Beecher-Khusnutdinov-Kastelic
Zadorov-Peeke
Lohrei-Wotherspoon
Mitchell
Swayman
Korpisalo
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Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines
Guentzel-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Cirelli-Paul Geekie
Goncalves-Gourde Paul-Bjorkstrand
Chaffee-Glendening-Girgensons
Hedman-Moser
McDonagh-Cernak
Lilleberg-Raddysh
Vasilevskiy
Johansson
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Players To Watch:
Boston Bruins
David Pastrnak this season has 78 points on 32 goals and 46 assists. He’s faced the Lightning 37 times in his career recording 40 points on 23 goals and 17 assists; in two meetings this season he has three points on a goal and two assists.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Nikita Kucherov this season has 92 points on 28 goals and 64 assists. He’s faced the Bruins 38 times in his career recording 32 goals on 11 goals and 21 assists; this season in two games he has three assists.
Injury Report:
Boston Bruins
D Hampus Lindholm – IR
D Charlie McAvoy – IR
Tampa Bay Lightning
None
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