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Lightning Rally From 5–1 to Beat Bruins in Stadium Series Shootout

The showcase marked the Lightning's first outdoor home game under cool Tampa conditions.

Overview

  • Tampa Bay erased a 5-1 deficit with a flurry of power-play goals late in the second period before Nikita Kucherov tied it in the third.
  • Jake Guentzel scored the lone shootout goal as Andrei Vasilevskiy denied all three Boston attempts for a 6-5 win.
  • Brandon Hagel opened the scoring 11 seconds in, the fastest goal to start an NHL outdoor game.
  • Goaltenders Vasilevskiy and Jeremy Swayman dropped the gloves in the second period in a rare outdoor goalie fight.
  • A sellout crowd of 64,116 filled Raymond James Stadium as the NHL’s ice plan held up in cooler-than-expected weather for Tampa.