The Boston Bruins dropped tonight’s game to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-2, in overtime at the TD Garden, despite overall outperforming the Bolts’ offensively.
“Even when we were down, 2-0, we were playing a good, solid game,” Joe Sacco said.
The Bruins outshot the Lightning each period and 39-25 on the night. In the first period, the B’s held the Lightning to six shots, and zero on Tampa Bay’s early power play.
But a defensive misstep put the Lightning up 1-0 on a shorthanded goal at 14:13 of the first period.
Despite better puck possession and more offensive-zone time, the B’s couldn’t solve Andrei Vasilevskiy for a majority of the first half of the game.