Boston Bruins vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Game 10 Preview

Boston Bruins Take are staying in the sunshine state to face Steven Stamkos

Boston Bruins will try to defeat the Lightning tonight…

Plus The Bruins will be getting David Pastrnak back for this game after his 2 game suspension.

The Bruins are coming off a big win against the Florida Panthers

Recap:

The Boston Bruins defeated the Florida Panthers 2-1 on the road behind the strong goal tending performance by Tuukka Rask.

With the win the Boston Bruins move to 5-4 on the season with 10 points. The Black and Gold are also still undefeated in games started by Tuukka Rask with a flawless 5-0 record when their top net-minder is in-between the pipes.

Tuesday night Rask was essentially flawless stopping 33-of-34 shots taken by the Panthers. The Bruins as a whole were outshot 34 to 26 and had a game high 26 penalty minutes. But Rask quite literally stole the game for the B’s with the total number of shots attempted by the Panthers was 70 to the Bruins 38.

The game was pretty physical with multiple fights breaking out over the course of the game. The Bruins seemed to get back to physical hockey but they took some bad penalties along the way that should have cost them the game.

The Matchup: Boston Bruins (5-4) vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning (6-4), FanSided Site,Bolts By The Bay

The Time: 7:30 PM EST

The Broadcast: TV – NESN; Radio – 98.5 The Sports Hub

Story-lines Heading Into The Game:

Tampa Bay is a farely new team to the league as they were founded in 1992, but they still have one Stanley Cup from the 2003-04 season. The B’s have matched up against the Lightning only 89 times. Boston has the winning record of 56-23-9-1.

The Black and Gold will have there hands full as they face Big Man Ben Bishop and Steven Stamkos, a two time winner if the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy awarded to the player with the most goals in the NHL. Tampa Bay does not just have those two big names they are solid around. They are playoff contenders with help from others like Victor Hedman, Anton Stralman, Tyler Johnson, and Johnathan Drouin.

Oct 17, 2016; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask (40) makes a save as Winnipeg Jets right wing Drew Stafford (12) battles Bruins defenseman Torey Krug (47) during the second period at the MTS Centre. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Fedyck-USA TODAY Sports /

Keys to the game

Score early, and keep pressure on.
Play a full 60 minutes.
Do not take dumb Penalties
score on powerplay

The Bruins Power-play has not been looking very good this season. According to sportingcharts.com the Bruins only have 2 power play goals out of 32 opportunities for 6.3%.

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