Boston Bruins vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Playoffs · Tuesday, August 25, 2020 · Scotiabank Arena
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 in overtime on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at Scotiabank Arena. The Lightning outshot the Bruins 40–25.
Blake Coleman scored twice and Brad Marchand scored twice. Nick Ritchie, Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat also scored.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 36 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nick Ritchie (1)Anders Bjork (1)1–003:14 BOS
Blake Coleman (2)Zach Bogosian (3), Barclay Goodrow (2)1–112:42 TBL
2nd period
Brad Marchand (5)David Pastrnak (5), Torey Krug (5)2–114:33 BOS · 
Nikita Kucherov (3)Kevin Shattenkirk (3), Brayden Point (7)2–215:28 TBL
3rd period
- Blake Coleman (3)Victor Hedman (3)2–310:40 TBL
- Brad Marchand (6)Sean Kuraly (2), David Pastrnak (6)3–316:02 BOS
Overtime
Ondrej Palat (1)Yanni Gourde (3), Patrick Maroon (2)3–404:40 TBL
Team stats
BOSTBL
2540
52%48%
1/30/2
68
4743
2718
1015
55
Penalties
- 5:32 into the first period
Cedric Paquette · slashing2 min - 5:32 into the first period
Matt Grzelcyk · roughing2 min - 17:15 into the first periodAlex Killorn · high sticking2 min
- 6:40 into the second periodSean Kuraly · slashing2 min
- 14:14 into the second periodOndrej Palat · high sticking2 min
- 17:40 into the second periodVictor Hedman · holding2 min
- 0:35 into the third periodConnor Clifton · interference2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 63Brad MarchandC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:00 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 21:50 |
| 10Anders BjorkL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 21Nick RitchieL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 12:12 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 14:36 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 25:04 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:14 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:28 |
| 20Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 28Ondrej KaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:30 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:31 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:49 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:55 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:53 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 14:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 40 | 4 | .900 |
| 80Dan VladarG | 0 | 0 | – |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 20Blake ColemanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 15:40 |
| 14Patrick MaroonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:10 |
| 19Barclay GoodrowC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:38 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 19:49 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:01 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:27 |
| 24Zach BogosianD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 28:37 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:00 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:26 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:30 |
| 55Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Curtis McElhinneyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |