The Tampa Bay Lightning have terrorized opponents all season, but through 20 minutes Wednesday night in Boston, the Bruins haven’t backed down.
The Bruins jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period by way of peppering shots on Tampa netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy, finishing the period outshooting the Lightning 19-5. In both zones, Boston was composed and patient with the puck, not showing many signs of angst or haste against the NHL’s top team.
Charlie McAvoy had the first goal, a slap shot from the point that was initially waved off for goalie interference. Riley Nash’s second tally extended his point streak to three games, and he did so on a top shelf laser.
Take a look at the Nash goal:
Riley Nash snipe pic.twitter.com/NvWAtqV15C
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Brad Marchand, who missed eight of the last 10 games, had the second assist on both goals.