COMMENTARY
Beating the league-leading Tampa Bay Lightning takes a near perfect effort. The Bruins were nearly flawless against the Stanley Cup favorites Thursday night at TD Garden.
Yes, the Bolts were coming off a 4-3 overtime win against the Rangers in New York and didn’t land in Boston until early Thursday morning. Even then, Tampa went into its second tilt of the year with Boston carrying a stellar 6-2 record when playing its second game of a back-to-back.
The Bruins, though, brought their ‘A’ game in every area of the ice and dropped that record to 6-3.