Tampa Bay 6, Boston 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 15, 2025
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Referees:
Francis Charron, Furman South
Linesmen:
Kilian McNamara, Kiel Murchison
Attendance:
17850
By Field Level Media
Anthony Cirelli started a two-goal performance with the game-winner during a dominant second period, propelling the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning to a 6-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night.
After the teams traded first-period goals, the Lightning rattled off three straight goals to break a 1-1 tie and held a 21-0 shots on goal advantage during the middle frame.
Darren Raddysh and Nick Paul each registered one goal and one assist, while Victor Hedman and Brandon Hagel also scored for Tampa Bay, which broke a three-game skid (0-2-1).
Emil Lilleberg and Yanni Gourde each dished out two assists, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 10 saves in the Lightning net.
Elias Lindholm registered a goal and an assist, and Marat Khusnutdinov also scored in the Bruins' second consecutive loss.
Boston's Jeremy Swayman stopped 34 shots.
Paul swayed the game back in Tampa's favor at 2:13 of the second, becoming the sixth Lightning player to reach the 20-goal plateau this season. Gage Goncalves passed out of traffic to Lilleberg, whose shot deflected off Boston defenseman Andrew Peeke in front and right to Paul to score.
Cirelli gave the Lightning insurance at 3-1 at the 7:22 mark, tipping home Ryan McDonagh's one-time blast from the high slot in the minute following a power-play chance.
Raddysh made it 4-1 when he took a pass from Lilleberg and unleashed a hard wrist shot from just inside the blue line with 2:52 left in the middle frame.
Just 23 seconds into the third, Khusnutdinov took a shot from high on the right that beat Vasilevskiy through traffic, bringing the Bruins a bit closer with his second goal in as many games.
Hagel (3:29 left) and Cirelli (44.9 seconds left) punctuated the Tampa Bay victory with empty-net goals.
The visitors tallied the opening goal at 2:22 as Hedman was left all alone and slipped to the bottom of the left circle to score the rebound of a Raddysh point shot. Swayman was late to recover and got beat with a wrister past his blocker.
Lindholm tied the game with 4:02 left in the first, finishing a transition rush from between the circles by burying Peeke's perfect centering pass through two defenders. About a minute later, Vasilevskiy maintained the 1-1 score when he stopped Pavel Zacha off a David Pastrnak feed.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Tampa Bay |
|
Boston |
Anthony Cirelli 2 |
Points |
Elias Lindholm 2 |
Anthony Cirelli 2 |
Goals |
Elias Lindholm 1 |
Yanni Gourde 2 |
Assists |
Elias Lindholm 1 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Andrei Vasilevskiy .833 |
Save Percentage |
Jeremy Swayman .895 |
Andrei Vasilevskiy 10 |
Saves |
Jeremy Swayman 34 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Tampa Bay
|
40 |
6 |
0-2 |
1-1 |
2 |
31 |
Boston
|
12 |
2 |
0-1 |
2-2 |
4 |
24 |
Upcoming Games
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Boston will play their next game at home against Buffalo. The Bruins have a W/L % of .400 after a win and .474 after a loss.
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Tampa Bay will play their next game at home against Philadelphia. The Lightning have a W/L % of .568 after a win and .586 after a loss.