Tampa Bay Lightning vs Boston Bruins
Playoffs · Wednesday, August 26, 2020 · Scotiabank Arena
NBCSN · CBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 7–1 on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at Scotiabank Arena. The Lightning outshot the Bruins 31–24.
Alex Killorn scored twice. Ondrej Palat, Yanni Gourde, Mikhail Sergachev, Brad Marchand, Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov also scored.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 12 of 16.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ondrej Palat (2)Mikhail Sergachev (2), Nikita Kucherov (8)1–012:46 TBL · 
Yanni Gourde (3)Blake Coleman (3), Erik Cernak (2)2–013:01 TBL
2nd period
Mikhail Sergachev (1)Nikita Kucherov (9), Brayden Point (8)3–002:14 TBL · 
Brad Marchand (7)Torey Krug (6), David Pastrnak (7)3–104:56 BOS · 
Alex Killorn (3)Ondrej Palat (4), Nikita Kucherov (10)4–108:35 TBL · 
Brayden Point (6)Alex Killorn (3), Mikhail Sergachev (3)5–115:23 TBL- Alex Killorn (4)Yanni Gourde (4), Zach Bogosian (4)6–118:01 TBL
3rd period
Nikita Kucherov (4)Brayden Point (9)7–103:58 TBL
Team stats
TBLBOS
3124
55%45%
3/61/3
1339
4050
1512
107
54
Penalties
- 0:37 into the first period
Brandon Carlo · tripping2 min - 12:17 into the first periodNick Ritchie · slashing2 min
- 1:18 into the second periodPatrice Bergeron · high sticking2 min
- 3:41 into the second period
Zach Bogosian · tripping2 min - 8:18 into the second periodCharlie McAvoy · roughing2 min
- 15:23 into the second periodTorey Krug · fighting5 min
- 15:23 into the second periodTyler Johnson · fighting5 min
- 10:00 into the third periodCharlie McAvoy · roughing2 min
- 10:00 into the third periodCharlie McAvoy · misconduct10 min
- 16:42 into the third periodPatrice Bergeron · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 16:45 into the third periodCedric Paquette · interference2 min
- 18:07 into the third periodBlake Coleman · roughing2 min
- 18:07 into the third periodBlake Coleman · roughing2 min
- 18:07 into the third periodDavid Krejci · roughing2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodTorey Krug · misconduct10 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 3 | 15:58 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 20:17 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 19:07 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:13 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 21:03 |
| 20Blake ColemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:32 |
| 24Zach BogosianD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:42 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 14Patrick MaroonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:26 |
| 19Barclay GoodrowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:15 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:31 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:20 |
| 55Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:35 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Curtis McElhinneyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
Boston Bruins
| 63Brad MarchandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:37 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:15 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:32 |
| 20Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 21Nick RitchieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 26Par LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:33 |
| 28Ondrej KaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:32 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:44 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:08 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:27 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:32 |
| 27John MooreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:04 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 17:43 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 79Jeremy LauzonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 16 | 4 | .750 |
| 80Dan VladarG | 15 | 3 | .800 |