Asking for a sweep against Florida and Tampa on back-to-back nights was always going to be a tall order, and while the Bruins put forth a decent performance, it ultimately wasn’t enough.
Brayden Point scored his 42nd goal of the season on a wraparound early in the second period, and that would stand up as the game-winning goal in an eventual 3-1 win by the Bolts.
Danton Heinen scored the Bruins’ lone goal late in the first period, while Nikita Kucherov added an empty-netter with 30 seconds left to seal it.
The win extended the Lightning’s point streak to eight games and brought them within two points of Toronto for third in the Atlantic — though Toronto has a game in hand.