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Bruins vs Lightning Game Overview
BOS vs TBRecords
Head-To-HeadLast 10
Win / Loss
6-4
Over / Under
5-5-0
| Date | Home | Result | ML | O/U | HSOG | ASOG | HPP | APP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, '25 | BOS |
4 - 3
|
TB -170 | o6.5 | 33 | 23 | 0-5 | 0-2 |
| Mar 15, '25 | BOS |
6 - 2
|
TB -172 | o5.5 | 12 | 40 | 0-1 | 0-2 |
| Mar 08, '25 | TB |
4 - 0
|
BOS +234 | u6.0 | 25 | 25 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| Jan 14, '25 | BOS |
6 - 2
|
BOS +118 | o5.5 | 24 | 45 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| Jan 09, '25 | TB |
4 - 1
|
TB -163 | u6.0 | 31 | 28 | 1-4 | 0-2 |
| Mar 27, '24 | TB |
3 - 1
|
TB -111 | u6.0 | 31 | 24 | 0-1 | 0-2 |
| Feb 13, '24 | BOS |
3 - 2 (SO)
|
TB +140 | u6.0 | 38 | 25 | 0-6 | 1-3 |
| Jan 06, '24 | BOS |
7 - 3
|
BOS -154 | o6.0 | 26 | 26 | 1-4 | 0-4 |
| Nov 20, '23 | TB |
5 - 4 (OT)
|
TB +122 | o6.0 | 47 | 27 | 1-6 | 0-2 |
| Mar 25, '23 | BOS |
2 - 1
|
BOS -161 | u6.0 | 34 | 27 | 1-7 | 0-5 |
BOS vs TB Preview
Last Meeting ( Oct 13, 2025 ) Tampa Bay 4, Boston 3
The action should be hot on the ice between the rival Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning, and even Mother Nature will oblige to make Florida the frosty center of the hockey world on Sunday night.
Wintry conditions, with overnight temperatures in the low 30s, will be welcomed in the Sunshine State when the Lightning host the Bruins in a 2026 NHL Stadium Series contest at the outdoor home of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It will be the second outdoor game at Florida in a month. The New York Rangers beat the two-time Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers 5-1 on Jan. 2 in the Miami Marlins' retractable-dome ballpark.
"Outdoor hockey, I think you can't beat it," Bruins forward Casey Mittelstadt said. "That's pretty much what I do for All-Star break every year."
The NHL's two stadium events in Florida should come as no surprise. Five of the past six Stanley Cup Finals have featured a representative from the state, with the Panthers and Lightning each winning it all twice.
Tampa Bay leads the Detroit Red Wings in the Atlantic Division by two points with three games in hand and is getting key contributions from the usual suspects.
Nikita Kucherov is third in the NHL in scoring with 82 points in 48 games. Brandon Hagel has 25 goals and 49 points in 47 games, while Jake Guentzel also has averaged over a point a game with 55, while skating in all 52 Lightning games.
Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy ranks second in the NHL with 24 wins in 34 games, just one win behind Utah's Karel Vejmelka.
With Thursday's 4-1 home victory over the Winnipeg Jets, the Lightning improved to 16-0-2 in the past 18 games.
"We need to do this to compete in this division," Tampa Bay head coach Jon Cooper said. "I don't think I've ever seen our division this tight -- actually any division as the Atlantic has been."
Winners of two straight, Boston comes in as the No. 2 wild-card team in the Eastern Conference behind the Montreal Canadiens. Florida and the Columbus Blue Jackets slot eight points behind the Bruins, who have been short-handed.
Boston's top two centers, Elias Lindholm and Pavel Zacha, did not join the club on its trip to Florida because of upper-body injuries.
In his first game this season, pivot Matt Poitras stepped in for Lindholm in the Bruins' 6-3 home win Thursday over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Over 11 minutes of ice time, the 21-year-old Poitras posted five shots and one penalty while centering the fourth line.
"I think the mindset was not to kind of sit and wait," Poitras said of his playing time. "For me, it was just go down (to Providence of the AHL) and not worry about what's going on up here. ... Worry about where I am."
Boston coach Marco Sturm agreed.
"I think first of all, he's got to be himself," Sturm said Thursday. "I don't need to see anything special out of him. I want to see him go up and down and play really good defensively."
The Bruins' Fraser Minten, who will be the top-line center Sunday, has 16 points and is plus-15 over his past 15 games.
Morgan Geekie leads Boston with 30 goals, while David Pastrnak has 22.
--Field Level Media
BOS vs TBInjury report
Boston's Injuries
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No injuries to report. | ||||
Tampa Bay's Injuries
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z. Girgensons | C | Day To Day - Undisclosed( Mar 13, '26) | Mar 13, '26 | |
| Girgensons did not return to Saturday's (Mar. 14) game against the Hurricanes. | ||||
| D. Carlile | D | Out - Undisclosed( Mar 13, '26) | Mar 13, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Lightning placed D Declan Carlile on injured reserve on Saturday (Mar. 14). | ||||
| E. Lilleberg | D | Out - Face( Mar 06, '26) | Mar 06, '26 | |
| The Lightning said on Saturday (Mar. 7) that Lilleberg will be out for at least two weeks due to a facial fracture, per Benjamin Pierce of the team's official site. | ||||
| D. James | C | Out - Leg( Mar 04, '26) | Mar 04, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Lightning said on Thursday (Mar. 5) that James will be sidelined for 8-10 weeks after undergoing surgery, per Benjamin Pierce of the team's official site. | ||||
| M. Crozier | D | Out - Abdomen( Feb 20, '26) | Feb 20, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Lightning placed D Max Crozier on injured reserve on Saturday (Feb. 21). | ||||
GoaltendersLast 5
W/L
4-0-1-0
GAA
3.00
Save %
.899
| Date | Score | W/L | GA | SA | SV% | SO | ML | O/U | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.Swayman | Jan 29, 2026 | BOS 6 - PHI 3 | W | 3 | 36 | .917 | - | W -162 | o6.5 |
| J.Swayman | Jan 27, 2026 | BOS 3 - NAS 2 (OT) | W | 2 | 30 | .933 | - | W -111 | u6.5 |
| J.Korpisalo | Jan 26, 2026 | NYR 4 - BOS 3 (OT) | - | 4 | 28 | .857 | - | L -128 | o6.5 |
| J.Swayman | Jan 24, 2026 | BOS 4 - MON 3 | W | 3 | 25 | .880 | - | W -110 | o6.5 |
| J.Korpisalo | Jan 22, 2026 | BOS 4 - VEG 3 | W | 3 | 33 | .909 | - | W +130 | o6.5 |
W/L
4-1-0-0
GAA
1.80
Save %
.931
| Date | Score | W/L | GA | SA | SV% | SO | ML | O/U | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.Vasilevskiy | Jan 29, 2026 | TB 4 - WIN 1 | W | 1 | 24 | .958 | - | W -184 | u5.5 |
| A.Vasilevskiy | Jan 26, 2026 | TB 2 - UTAH 0 | W | 0 | 28 | 1.00 | - | W -152 | u6.0 |
| J.Johansson | Jan 24, 2026 | CLB 8 - TB 5 | L | 6 | 29 | .793 | - | L -120 | o6.5 |
| A.Vasilevskiy | Jan 23, 2026 | CHI 1 - TB 2 (SO) | W | 1 | 19 | .947 | - | W -295 | u6.0 |
| A.Vasilevskiy | Jan 20, 2026 | TB 4 - SJ 1 | W | 1 | 23 | .957 | - | W -330 | u6.5 |
BOS vs TBStats
Offense vs Defense
Goals
| OFFENSE |
Stat | DEFENSE |
|---|---|---|
| 3.38 | Total | 2.52 |
| 0.96 | 1st Period | 0.85 |
| 1.18 | 2nd Period | 0.75 |
| 1.09 | 3rd Period | 0.85 |
| 0.11 | OT | 0.04 |
Shots
| OFFENSE |
Stat | DEFENSE |
|---|---|---|
| 27.04 | Total | 26.08 |
| 8.53 | 1st Period | 8.21 |
| 8.18 | 2nd Period | 7.62 |
| 7.89 | 3rd Period | 8.21 |
| 0.45 | OT | 0.50 |
Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
| SHOOTING |
Stat | SAVE PCT. |
|---|---|---|
| 0.13 | Total | 0.90 |
| 0.11 | 1st Period | 0.90 |
| 0.14 | 2nd Period | 0.90 |
| 0.14 | 3rd Period | 0.90 |
| 0.24 | OT | 0.92 |
Power Play vs Penalty Kill
| POWERPLAY |
Stat | PENALTY KILL |
|---|---|---|
| 42 - 157 | G/Att vs. GA/Att | 25 - 162 |
| 26.75 | PP % vs. PK % | 84.57 |
Goaltenders
| Boston Goaltenders |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | S | SV | SV% | WL | ||
| Joonas Korpisalo | 561 | 502 | 0.895 | 10-8-1 | ||
| Jeremy Swayman | 1072 | 968 | 0.903 | 22-12-2 | ||