In the first period of their game against the Boston Bruins, the Tampa Bay Lightning were aggressive and precise. In the second period they were sloppy and on their heels. In the third period they found some of that aggression again. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough to overcome the sloppy second period where they surrendered three goals. A rally in the third fell short and they lost 5-3, snapping their four-game winning streak.
Nick Paul scored twice and Rudolfs “Rudy” Balcers netted his first Lightning goal. Andrei Vasilevskiy wasn’t as sharp as he had been in his previous two games as he surrendered 5 goals on 30 shots.