Boston Bruins Game 70: Boston Bruins @ Tampa Bay Lightning game recap video, on March 17, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 3:07, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 28th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 10:54, Bruins David Backes scored his 12th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead.
In the second period, at 12:33, Bruins Riley Nash scored his 14th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 3-0 lead.
In the third period, no scoring happened.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and stopped all 23 shots he faced to earn his 3rd shutout of the season.
The Bruins led the game with a 56% faceoff percentage, shots 27-23 and blocked shots 16-9. The Lightning led the game in hits 35-22. The Bruins went 2-for-3 on the power-play while the Lightning went 0-for-3.
David Pastrnak led the Bruins with 5 shots. Tommy Wingels and Nick Holden led the Bruins with 3 hits each.
Patrice Bergeron, Jake DeBrusk, Anton Blidh, Zdeno Chara, Charlie McAvoy and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
2) Bruins defenseman Torey Krug
3) Bruins forward David Pastrnak
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 45-17-8 with 98 points this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Monday, when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets, at 7pm ET.
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