Tampa Bay Lightning pull away from Boston Bruins

That brings us to the end of a wild first period — Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Boston Bruins 1. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 15-12, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Anthony Mantha opened the scoring for Tampa Bay Lightning on the power play at 9:46, Kiefer Sherwood extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning on the power play at 14:48, Blake Lizotte extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 15:16, and David Pastrnak cut the deficit for Boston Bruins at 18:08.

Justus Annunen was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning went 2-for-3 while Boston Bruins went 0-for-1.

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Tampa Bay Lightning 0, Boston Bruins 0. Boston Bruins edged the shot clock 10-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Neither side could solve the goaltending — a grinding, scoreless frame.

Andrei Vasilevskiy was under siege with 10 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-2 while Boston Bruins went 0-for-1.

Boston Bruins owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Boston Bruins 0. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 12-7, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Brayden Point extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:21.

Justus Annunen was under siege with 11 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-3 while Boston Bruins went 0-for-1.

Boston Bruins owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.