The Bruins will close out their first homestand of the season when they take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night. Puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m. Follow along for updates from Thursday’s game.
WHO: Lightning (3-2-1) at Bruins (5-1-0)
WHEN: 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: TD Garden
TV: NESN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub
LIVE BOX SCORE: NHL.com
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9:53: Final: Lightning win it, 4-3, in the shootout. What a game.
On to the shootout.
Kuraly rings one off the post.
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9:36: Bruins and Bolts head to OT.
9:32: Pastrnak cashes in on the power play again. 3-3 game.
9:30: Cirelli off for a trip. Boston will get a power play with 3:52 left.
9:29: Kevin Shattenkirk. 3-2 Tampa with 4:47 to go.
9:18: Grzelcyk out of the box. Bruins PK is 3-for-3 on the night.
9:15: Grzelcyk heads off to the sin bin. Bolts will get a power play.
9:09: Nothing doing so far for either club. Pretty stagnant when it comes to O-zone chances for both clubs.
8:59: Third period underway.
8:42: End Second: Bruins & Bolts are tied, 2-2. Brutal power play for Boston to close out the stanza.
8:22: Mathieu Joseph with the equalizer. 2-2 game with 9:28 left in the second.
8:18: Patrice Bergeron. 2-1 Bruins.
8:16: Bruins will get another look on the power play. Gourde heads off for interference.
8:11: No dice on the power play. With Joseph also nearly scoring on a breakaway against a gassed PP1 group
8:08: Another Bruins power play coming up. Bergeron tripped up.
8:05: Second period underway.
7:47: Yuck. Point scores on a breakaway with 0.8 seconds left in the first. 1-1 game after 20 minutes.
7:44: Good PK work from Marchand and Lindholm. Bergeron out of the box.
7:41: Bergeron off for a slash. Tampa Bay back on the power play.
7:35: Strong kill for Boston after Kuraly is whistled for a hook.
7:28: Bruins open scoring just six seconds into the power play. Pastrnak with his fifth goal in 2 games. 1-0 Boston.
7:16: Marchand rings iron less than 3 minutes into the game.
7:14: Good chance for Stamks down low. Clifton has to seal that off a bit.
7:10: We're underway.
7:01: Starters Tonight:
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LINEUPS
BOSTON
Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk — Charlie Coyle — Brett Ritchie
Danton Heinen — Par Lindholm — Karson Kuhlman
Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Chris Wagner
Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Clifton
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Steven Kampfer, David Backes
Injured: John Moore (shoulder), Kevan Miller (knee), David Krejci (upper body)
TAMPA BAY
Steven Stamkos - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Mathieu Joseph
Ondrej Palat - Tyler Johnson - Yanni Gourde
Pat Maroon - Carter Verhaeghe - Luke Witkowski
Victor Hedman - Erik Cernak
Ryan McDonagh - Kevin Shattenkirk
Braydon Coburn - Mikhail Sergachev
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
PREGAME NOTES:
- The Bruins are set to receive their first major test of the 2019-20 season, as Boston will welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to TD Garden on Thursday. Even if Tampa was bounced in the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs, this is the same club that racked up 62 wins last season — and boasts plenty of that same high-end talent.
- Still, the Lightning have struggled a bit out of the gate, especially when it comes to puck possession and overall shot share. So far, the Bolts are averaging just 25.7 shots per game (last in the NHL), while relinquishing 34.2 shots per game (29th in NHL) down the other end of the ice. Tampa will close out a six-game road trip with Thursday’s matchup.
- The Bruins will be shorthanded up front, as David Krejci will not play Thursday night due to an upper-body injury he suffered during Monday’s win over the Ducks. With Krejci out, Boston will be forced to shuffle up both its second and third lines — with Charlie Coyle bumped into the top six and Par Lindholm returning to the lineup. Tuukka Rask will get the start in net, while Connor Clifton will return to his usual spot on the third D pairing. The rookie blue liner was scratched Monday in favor of Steven Kampfer.
- While Tampa Bay went 3-1 against the Bruins last year, TD Garden has historically been a house of horrors for the Lightning, with the visitors only posting eight wins in 52 matchups on Causeway Street.