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Brayden Point reaches 600 career points in Lightning's 4-1 victory over the Bruins

Brayden Point notches goal on the power play

Brandon Hagel had a goal and an assist, Michael Eyssimont and Anthony Cirelli scored goals 5:03 apart in the second period, and Ryan McDonagh had two assists.

Tampa Bay has won back-to-back games after dropping dour in a row. The Lightning moved past the Bruins into third place in the Atlantic Division.

Mason Lohrei scored for Boston, and Jeremy Swayman made 27 saves. The Bruins are 0-5-1 in their last six.

Takeaways Bruins: Lohrei became the first Boston defenseman to score since Dec. 3. … The Bruins have gone eight games without a power-play goal.

Lightning: Ryan McDonagh got his 400th career point on Cirelli’s short-handed goal. Tampa Bay hass eight short-handed goals this season.

Key moment With the second period winding down, Nick Paul bounced a pass off the boards in the neutral zone to Mikey Eyssimont, who skated unchecked into the Boston zone and put a wrist shot from the left faceoff dot past Swayman to make it 2-0.

Key stat Tampa Bay is 16-3-1 when scoring four or more goals.

Up next Both teams are back in action Saturday. The Bruins are at Florida, and the Lightning are at New Jersey.

Regular Season Series

TB leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 2nd Period 14:07 Anthony Cirelli Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Brandon Hagel (26), Ryan McDonagh (10)
Goal 2nd Period 19:10 Michael Eyssimont Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Nick Paul (12), Ryan McDonagh (11)
Goal 3rd Period 2:05 Mason Lohrei Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Andrew Peeke (8), Brad Marchand (18)
Goal 3rd Period 18:28 Brandon Hagel Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (40), Erik Cernak (10)
Goal 3rd Period 19:24 Brayden Point Goal (25) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (41), Victor Hedman (25)

Statistics

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20 Blocked Shots 13
35 Hits 24
4 Takeaways 6
28 Shots 31
0 Power Play Goals 1
2 Power Play Opportunities 4
0.0 Power Play Percentage 25.0
0 Short Handed Goals 1
0 Shootout Goals 0
39 Faceoffs Won 31
55.7 Faceoff Win Percent 44.3
16 Giveaways 15
8 Total Penalties 5
27 Penalty Minutes 24

Game Information

Amalie Arena

Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 19,092 | Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 2 16 58 28
Florida 3 17 55 26
Tampa Bay 3 16 51 24
Boston 5 19 49 22
Ottawa 4 18 48 22
Montreal 4 18 48 22
Detroit 4 19 46 21
Buffalo 5 22 39 17
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