Final: Lightning 3, Bruins 1 - Tampa takes Game 4, goes up 3-1 in series

The Bruins will continue their second-round matchup against the Lightning with Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals on Saturday up in Toronto. Puck drop is set for 12:00 p.m. Follow along for updates from Saturday's game. 

WHO: Bruins (1-2) vs. Lightning (2-1)

WHEN: 12:00 p.m. 

WHERE: Scotiabank Arena

TV: NBC

RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub

LIVE BOX SCORE: NHL.com

LIVE COVERAGE: 



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Timeout for Boston with 1:23 to go.

Empty net.

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DeBrusk gives the Bruins life. Nice screen from Kase.

Bruins on the power play again.

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No dice on the power play.

Bruins will get a 5-on-3 for 10 seconds. Pastrnak tripped up.

Third period is a go.

Bruins to the power play.

3-0 Tampa. Brutal.

What a stupid — and dangerous — penalty from Ritchie here. Tampa to the power play for five minutes.

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Brutal. Need that one.

Bruins kill it off. Strong showing from Coyle in the neutral zone to open that shorthanded shift.

Connor Clifton to the box. Bad, bad penalty. Tampa back on the power play.

Stronger showing from Boston so far. They're making an effort to crash the net.

Nothing doing on the power play.

Second period underway.

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Bruins kill it off.

Only Ritchie with a penalty here.

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Ugly period. Missed breakout passes, minimal O-zone time, and easy entries for Tampa.

Bruins kill Carlo's penalty. Spent most of that start shadowing Kucherov and keeping the puck off his stick.

Carlo to the box. Boston on the ropes early.

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Palat opens the scoring.

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Halak sharp early — stopping quality bids from Goodrow and Kucherov.

Bad pinch from Grzelcyk there.

Solid start for the Krejci line.

Puck is dropped.

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LINEUPS

BOSTON

Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Ondrej Kase

Nick Ritchie — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

Joakim Nordstrom — Par Lindholm — Chris Wagner

Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo

Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Clifton

Jaroslav Halak

Dan Vladar

Scratched: Trent Frederic, Anders Bjork, Zach Senyshyn, John Moore, Urho Vaakanainen, Jakub Zboril, Maxime Lagace, Jeremy Lauzon, Jack Studnicka

TAMPA BAY 

Ondrej Palat — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov

Alex Killorn — Anthony Cirelli — Tyler Johnson

Barclay Goodrow — Yanni Gourde — Blake Coleman

Pat Maroon — Mitchell Stephens — Cedric Paquette

Victor Hedman — Zach Bogosian

Braydon Coburn — Erik Cernak

Mikhail Sergachev — Kevin Shattenkirk

Andrei Vasilevskiy

PREGAME NOTES:

After a two-day pause from playoff action after a player-led movement to postpone the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Eastern Conference Semifinals will continue on Saturday morning with Game 4 between Boston and Tampa Bay.

For a look at what Boston needs to do to right the ship against this Tampa club, click here.

Sean Kuraly remains out for Boston in Game 4, according to Bruce Cassidy — with the B's coach noting that the fourth-line center is "day to day" with an injury. Boston will return to a traditional 12F/6D format for Saturday's matinee, with Karson Kuhlman slotting in on the third line and Connor Clifton returning on the blue line in place of Jeremy Lauzon.