BOSTON, MA.
David Pastrnak’s hat trick lifted the Boston Bruins over the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 Thursday night. The win puts the Bruins ahead of the Lightning in the Atlantic Division standings, with Boston in third behind Toronto with 85 points and the Lightning in fourth with 84 points.
Erik Haula had three assists for Boston (40-19-5). Brandon Hagel, Steven Stamkos replied for Tampa (39-18-6). Jeremy Swayman made 22 saves for the Bruins, while Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 36 for the Lightning.
First Period
Right off the bat the Lightning killed a huge double-minor high sticking penalty to Erik Cernak.