Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Ryan McDonagh left the club's last game against the Boston Bruins during the third period after taking a puck to the face.

Bruins: Lohrei became the first Boston defenseman to score since Dec. 3. … The Bruins have gone eight games without a power-play goal. Lightning: Ryan McDonagh got his 400th career point on Cirelli’s short-handed goal. Tampa Bay hass eight short-handed ...

Brayden Point and Ryan McDonagh reached point milestones in leading the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-1 victory over the struggling Boston Bruins. The game featured the first-ever matchup between brothers Morgan and Conor Geekie.

The Tampa Bay Lightning put the finishing touches on a quick two-game homestand by defeating the Boston Bruins 4-1 at AMALIE Arena on Thursday. A shorthanded goal by Anthony Cirelli opened the scoring with 5:53 left in the second period, and forward Mikey Eyssimont doubled Tampa Bay’s lead in the final minute of the middle frame.

Lohrei became the first Boston defenseman to score since Dec. 3. … The Bruins have gone eight games without a power-play goal. Lightning: Ryan McDonagh got his 400th career point on Cirelli’s ...

Radio broadcaster Dave Mishkin recaps Tampa Bay's victory over Boston The Lightning edged the Bruins in a spirited game and picked up a key divisional victory. The triumph allowed Tampa Bay to leapfrog Boston in the standings, and the Lightning still own five games in hand on the Bruins.

Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Ryan McDonagh (face) will play against Anaheim on Thursday. After getting hit in the face by a puck, McDonagh finished Tuesday's 6-2 loss to Boston with only 14:38 of ice time.

Under duress from Charlie Coyle, Victor Hedman lost the puck just inside his left point position and Poitras pounced on it, bursting up ice on a 2-on-1. He smartly waited out Nick Perbix’s belly-flop slide and made a pretty pass around the defenseman’s skates to Trent Frederic for a redirection at 4:24, Frederic’s seventh of the year.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced that star forward Brayden Point will not be in the lineup against the Boston Bruins after missing a team meeting. View the original article to see embedded media.

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For one night anyone, it felt like old times on Causeway. With bad blood spilling all over TD Garden between two teams that played a week ago, the Boston Bruins sprinted to a 4-0 second period lead and hung on for a 6-2 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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