BOSTON BRUINS vs. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING GAME 3 - ROUND 2 POST-GAME NOTES
RECORDS FOLLOWING GAME THREE: • The Bruins now have a 20-19 all-time record in game threes of best-of-seven series in which they have been tied at 1-1 ... They are 8-23 all-time in best-of-seven series when they trail a series 1-2. • They have a 16-15 record in game fours when trailing a series 1-2. • The Lightning now have an 8-6 all-time record in game threes of best-of-seven series in which they have been tied at 1-1 ... They are 5-3 all-time in best-of-seven series when they lead a series 2-1. • They have a 3-5 record in game fours when leading a series 2-1.
WHO’S HOT: • Patrice Bergeron had a goal tonight, giving him 4-4=8 totals in four straight games, including 3-2=5 totals in the three games of this series. • David Pastrnak had an assist tonight, extending his NHL playoff-leading totals (tied in points with Jake Guentzel) to 5-14=19 in seven of his ten games, including 1-7=8 totals in four straight games and six assists in the three games of this series. • Rick Nash had an assist tonight, giving him 2-2=4 totals in three of his last four games and 2-1=3 totals in two of the three games of this series. • Tampa Bay’s Ondrej Palat had two goals tonight, giving him 3-1=4 totals in the last two games of this series. • Tampa Bay’s Victor Hedman had two assists tonight, giving him four assists in the three games of this series. • Tampa Bay’s Anthony Cirella had a goal tonight, giving him 1-1=2 totals in two of his last four games and his first career NHL playoff goal. • Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos had a goal tonight for his first point of this series and giving him 2-5=7 totals in six of his eight post-season games. • Tampa Bay’s Tyler Johnson had an assist tonight, giving him 1-1=2 totals in the last two games of this series. • Tampa Bay’s Anton Stralman had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in two of his last four games and his first point of this series. • Tampa Bay’s Dan Girardi had an assist tonight, giving him 1-1=2 totals in two of the three games of this series. • Tampa Bay’s Yanni Gourde had an assist tonight, giving him 1-2=3 totals in three straight games in this series. • Tampa Bay’s Ryan McDonagh had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in two of his last four games and his first point of this series. • Tampa Bay’s J. T. Miller had an assist tonight for his first point of this series and 1-4=5 totals in three of his eight post-season games.
SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 1 for 1 (100.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 9 for 26 on the power play this post-season (34.6%) and they have allowed one shorthanded goal. • The Lightning went 1 for 5 (20.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 8 for 31 on the power play this post-season (25.8%) and they have allowed one shorthanded goal. • The Bruins went 4 for 5 (80.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 20 for 27 on the penalty kill this post-season (74.1%). • The Lightning went 0 for 1 (0.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 19 for 24 on the penalty kill this post-season (79.2%).
ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 384 straight regular season and playoff games starting on Dec. 5, 2009 vs. Ottawa. • Their last non-sellout game at TD Garden was on Dec. 2, 2009 when a Wednesday game vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning drew 16, 553.
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 ... TD Garden; Boston MA