The Boston Bruins will close out their four-game road trip with what will likely be their top challenge of the regular season, as they will battle the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Monday. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. Follow along for updates from Monday’s game.
WHO: Bruins (46-20-9) at Lightning (58-14-4)
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Amalie Arena
TV: NESN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub
LIVE BOX SCORE: NHL.com
TICKETS: BSJ ticket partner SeatsForEveryone.com
LIVE COVERAGE:
10:12: Final: Bruins fall to Tampa, 5-4. Painful end to this one — Tampa Bay is loaded but Boston really ran out of gas in the third. Plenty of self-inflicted damage.
10:07: Cirelli scores with 52 seconds left. 5-4 game.
10:01: Tampa Bay has put Boston on the ropes for the past 3-4 minutes. Tampa power play coming up.
9:56: Kucherov ties things up.
9:53: Zero shots on Tampa's four-minute stretch on the power play. Lightning 0-for-4 tonight on the man advantage.
9:52: Bruins make the kill. Huge sequence from Chara, Carlo & Clifton.
9:45: Pastrnak to the box for a high stick — and the Lightning have four minutes on the power play. Buckle up.
9:45: Stamkos can't beat Rask on the breakaway, but Hedman taps in the loose puck. 4-3 game.
9:38: Coyle with a great look on Vasilevskiy. After generating zero shot attempts in the first period, much better stuff from the Coyle line.
9:36: Puck is dropped in the third.
9:23: Over the last six periods of hockey, the Bruins have had 11 (!) different goal scorers: Marchand / Coyle / Carlo / Bergeron / Pastrnak / Kampfer / Kuhlman / Chara / Acciari / Backes / Heinen
9:18: End Second: Bruins take a 4-2 lead over the Lightning. SOG in favor of
9:15: Carlo-Clifton combo with a 1:45 shift. Yikes.
9:09: Marchand with a fantastic effort and it's a 4-2 game. Weird bounce, but the Bruins will take it.
9:05: Brandon Carlo puts the Bruins ahead, as we all expected. 3-2 Bruins.
8:59: B's kill it off.
8:58: Chara off for a hook. Back on the PK for Boston.
8:56: Charlie Coyle ties it up. Nice forechecking effort by Backes as well. 2-2 game.
8:53: Bruins announce that John Moore will not return to tonight's game. Upper-body injury.
8:49: Nice kill for the Bruins.
8:46: Bruins to the PK — Kuhlman heads to the box.
8:45: Bruins finally land a shot on goal after a span of roughly 15 minutes.
8:41: B's power play expires. Boston has not landed a shot on goal since Marchand's tally.
8:38: Bruins will open the second with 32 seconds on the power play.
8:26: End First: Tampa with a 2-1 lead. SOG in favor of Tampa, 9-4.
8:19: Bruins with a 5-on-3 for 1:14. Bergeron tripped up.
8:18: Heinen draws a penalty. Back to the power play for Boston.
8:16: John Moore down the tunnel after a hit by Adam Erne.
8:12: Stamkos - again. Tampa takes a 2-1 lead.
8:06: Marchand with a great look, but Vasilevskiy makes the stop.
8:04: Looks like that thumb is alright for David Pastrnak:
This pass does not make any sense pic.twitter.com/zt1xyq5NM8
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) March 26, 2019
Cliffy Hockey. pic.twitter.com/Se5GR3wJel
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) March 26, 2019