Lightning beat the Bruins 3-1 hours after securing a playoff spot
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Jeremy Swayman stopped 20 pictures as Boston misplaced its second straight on a four-game journey.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Darren Raddysh broke a tie with 5:31 left and Tampa Bay beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 on Saturday evening, hours after the Lightning secured a playoff spot.
The Atlantic Division-leading Lightning wrapped up the Japanese Convention postseason place with Detroit’s 4-1 loss on the New York Rangers within the afternoon. Boston holds the primary wild-card spot within the East.
After aiding on defenseman Charle-Edouard D’Astous’ tying objective at 2:13 of the third, Raddysh put the Lightning forward with a sharp-angle shot previous goalie Jeremy Swayman from the suitable aspect on a break.
Nikita Kucherov added his forty second objective of the season into an empty web, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 21 saves to assist the Lightning end a seven-game homestand 5-1-1.
Casey Mittelstadt scored for Boston within the second. Swayman stopped 20 pictures because the Bruins misplaced their second straight on a four-game journey. They misplaced 2-1 at Florida on Thursday evening.
Bruins: At Philadelphia on Sunday.
Lightning: At Buffalo on Monday evening.
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