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Lightning Down Boston 4-3 - Match Report

Blake Coleman was the difference, potting a pair for Tampa Bay on Tuesday as the Lightning skated off with a 4-3 victory over the Bruins at Scotiabank Arena.

Tampa Bay was an underdog by -102 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Tampa Bay got goals from Blake Coleman(2), Nikita Kucherov, and Ondrej Palat in the victory. Coleman opened the scoring at 12:42 of the first period.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 of 25 Boston shots in the victory.

Boston got goals from Brad Marchand(2), and Nick Ritchie in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Jaroslav Halak stopped 36 of 40 shots for the Bruins, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-2, while the Bruins were 1-for-3 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay outshot Boston 40-25 in the game.