TAMPA — Well, Lightning didn’t strike twice for the Boston Bruins Monday night.
The Tampa Bay Lightning proverbially brought the thunder by outmuscling and outworking the Black and Gold in front of their home crowd at Amalie Arena. The opportunistic Bolts created havoc by getting into the Bruins’ faces and used the transition game to their advantage.
Despite being outmuscled and forcing turnovers, the Bruins still had their opportunities to make things interesting. Tuukka Rask, despite misplaying Tyler Johnson’s go-ahead goal, kept his team in it with 27 saves. But the Black and Gold dug a deep hole and wound up on the wrong end of the 4-2 final in Game 2.