Lightning 6, Bruins 2

Tampa Bay 1 3 2 — 6 Boston 1 0 1 — 2

First Period: 1, Tampa Bay, Hedman 12 (Raddysh, Gourde), 2:22. 2, Boston, Lindholm 12 (Peeke, Lauko), 15:58.

Second Period: 3, Tampa Bay, Paul 20 (Goncalves, Lilleberg), 2:13. 4, Tampa Bay, Cirelli 21 (Gourde, McDonagh), 7:22. 5, Tampa Bay, Raddysh 5 (Paul, Lilleberg), 17:08.

Third Period: 6, Boston, Khusnutdinov 4 (Lindholm, Jokiharju), 0:23. 7, Tampa Bay, Hagel 31 (Kucherov, Cernak), 16:31 (en). 8, Tampa Bay, Cirelli 22 (Hedman), 19:15 (en).

Shots on goal: Tampa Bay 10-20-9: 39. Boston 8-0-4: 12.

Power-play opportunities: Tampa Bay 0 of 2. Boston 0 of 1.

Goalies: Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 31-18-3 (12 shots-10 saves). Boston, Swayman 20-23-6 (37-34).

A: 17,850 (17,565). T: 2:28.

Referees: Francis Charron, Furman South; Linesmen: Kilian McNamara, Kiel Murchison.