TAMPA, Fla – The Boston Bruins came to town for a mid-week matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night, with the Lightning taking a 3-1 victory. This extends their point streak to eight games.
Tampa’s Mitchell Chaffee scored the game’s first goal on a backhand feed from Nick Paul, chipping the puck past Linus Ullmark. Boston’s Danton Heinen even things up with a wrister from the right circle to make it a 1-1 game headed into the second. Brayden Point gave Tampa a 2-1 lead on a wrap-around on the near post in the second period. A third period goal by Steven Stamkos was ruled to be off side, keeping it a one goal game. Nikita Kucherov would score the empty netter on a wrap around goal, with 25 seconds left in the game, to seal the victory for the Lightning.
Check out this photo gallery from Inside The Rink’s Andrew Fielder, for highlights from the game.
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