Overview
- Tampa Bay's four-goal comeback included three late second-period power-play goals set up by a run of Bruins minors and extended 5-on-3s.
- Jake Guentzel netted the lone shootout goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves, and Jeremy Swayman stopped 41 in the 6-5 Lightning win.
- Nikita Kucherov led the surge with a goal and three assists, including the third-period equalizer that forced overtime.
- Overtime featured a contentious sequence as David Pastrnak's apparent winner did not stand and he was whistled for slashing, drawing postgame criticism from Boston.
- The spectacle included the first goalie fight in an outdoor NHL game and a crowd of 64,617 on a rare cold night in Tampa, as the victory marked Tampa Bay's largest comeback and kept the club atop the East.