Tonight's Officials
Referees Furman South (13), Francis Charron (6)
Linespersons Kilian McNamara (93), Kiel Murchison (79)
TONIGHT’S GAME- The Bruins host the Lightning tonight in the fourth and final games between these teams this season and the second of two Tampa Bay visits to TD Garden this year ... The Bruins are 30-29-8 overall this season with a 19-11-5 record on home ice.- The Bruins next return to Boston to host Tampa Bay on Mar. 15 and Buffalo on Mar. 17 to conclude their March home schedule ... They will finish the month on the road in Vegas (Mar. 20), San Jose (Mar. 22), Los Angeles (Mar. 23), Anaheim (Mar. 26 and Detroit (Mar. 29).
MILESTONES APPROACHING- Jeremy Swayman is one win shy of his 100th NHL win.- Joonas Korpisalo is two games shy of his 300th NHL game.- Andrew Peeke is six games short of his 300th NHL game.- Henri Jokiharju is seven points short of his 100th NHL point.- Henri Jokiharju is eight games shy of his 400th NHL game.
INJURIES- Hampus Lindholm: Lower body (LTIR)- Charlie McAvoy: Upper body (LTIR)
BOSTON vs. TAMPA BAY, LIFETIME SERIES- The Bruins and Lightning are meeting for the 122nd time in their histories with Boston holding a 74-33-9-5 record and a 397-314 scoring advantage in those games.- The Bruins are 43-9-6-3 vs. the Lightning with a 222-145 scoring advantage in those 61 home games.- The Bruins are 2-1-0 in this season’s series with Tampa Bay, which had a 4-1 Lightning win on Jan. 9 and the Bruins had a 6-2 win on Jan. 14, and a 4-0 victory on Mar. 8.
Boston; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning aim to stop their three-game skid with a win over the Boston Bruins.
Boston is 30-29-8 overall and 11-7-3 against the Atlantic Division. The Bruins have allowed 211 goals while scoring 182 for a -29 scoring differential.
Tampa Bay has an 8-11-0 record in Atlantic Division games and a 37-23-5 record overall. The Lightning have gone 37-6-2 when scoring three or more goals.
Saturday's game is the fourth time these teams square off this season. The Bruins won the last meeting 4-0. Cole Koepke scored two goals in the win.
TOP PERFORMERS: Pavel Zacha has scored 13 goals with 27 assists for the Bruins. David Pastrnak has six goals and eight assists over the last 10 games.
Nikita Kucherov has 28 goals and 63 assists for the Lightning. Jake Guentzel has scored five goals and added four assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 3-5-2, averaging 2.5 goals, four assists, 3.2 penalties and 7.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game.
Lightning: 6-3-1, averaging 3.1 goals, 5.2 assists, 3.2 penalties and 7.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game.
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