Bruins at Lightning
Lightning 6, Bruins 5 in a shootout · first star Nikita Kucherov (1 G, 3 A).
2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.
Boston Bruins 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 6
Shot chart
Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Bruins attack left, Lightning attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: BOS 34, TBL 46.
Shots by period
| Period | BOS SOG | BOS G | TBL SOG | TBL G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 20 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2nd | 9 | 2 | 22 | 3 |
| 3rd | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| OT | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Total | 34 | 5 | 46 | 5 |
Shots by situation
| Situation | BOS SOG | BOS G | TBL SOG | TBL G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Even strength | 26 | 4 | 28 | 2 |
| Power play | 7 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
| Short-handed | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Attempt share by period
Lightning took 59.7% of the shot attempts, and 52.2% of the 90 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Lightning and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Bruins hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams
| Period | TBL CF% | TBL FF% |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 35.6 | 34.2 |
| 2nd | 70.6 | 71.0 |
| 3rd | 63.0 | 61.1 |
| OT | 87.5 | 100.0 |
| Game | 59.7 | 59.8 |
Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.
Scoring summary
1st period
- 00:11
Brandon Hagel (26) Nikita Kucherov (56), Darren Raddysh (33) · snap 0–1 - 11:24
Alex Steeves (9) Michael Eyssimont (9) · snap 1–1 - 15:36 Morgan Geekie (31) Charlie McAvoy (33), Jonathan Aspirot (5) · tip-in 2–1
- 18:03 Viktor Arvidsson (14) PP Charlie McAvoy (34), Morgan Geekie (21) · tip-in 3–1
2nd period
- 02:22 Matthew Poitras (1) Mark Kastelic (8) · backhand 4–1
- 08:18 Morgan Geekie (32) David Pastrnak (48), Marat Khusnutdinov (13) · slap 5–1
- 10:28 Oliver Bjorkstrand (8) PP Brandon Hagel (25), Jake Guentzel (32) · wrist 5–2
- 15:50 Darren Raddysh (16) PP Nikita Kucherov (57), Brandon Hagel (26) · slap 5–3
- 16:13 Nick Paul (6) PP Jake Guentzel (33), Nikita Kucherov (58) · tip-in 5–4
3rd period
- 11:50 Nikita Kucherov (28) Ryan McDonagh (5), Erik Cernak (6) · slap 5–5
Shootout
- 00:00 Jake Guentzel Unassisted · snap 5–6
Three stars
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Nikita Kucherov TBL · R #86 · 1 G, 3 A -
Morgan Geekie BOS · C #39 · 2 G, 1 A -
Brandon Hagel TBL · L #38 · 1 G, 2 A
Penalties
| Time | Team | Player | Infraction | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:57 | TBL | Dominic James | high sticking | 2 |
| 05:02 | BOS | Viktor Arvidsson | tripping | 2 |
| 07:48 | TBL | Pontus Holmberg | tripping | 2 |
| 16:55 | TBL | Jake Guentzel | tripping | 2 |
| 09:07 | BOS | Charlie McAvoy | roughing | 2 |
| 10:28 | BOS | Mark Kastelic | roughing | 2 |
| 11:01 | BOS | Jeremy Swayman | goalie leave crease | 2 |
| 11:01 | TBL | Andrei Vasilevskiy | goalie leave crease | 2 |
| 11:01 | TBL | Brandon Hagel | slashing | 2 |
| 11:01 | BOS | Charlie McAvoy | roughing | 2 |
| 11:01 | TBL | Andrei Vasilevskiy | fighting (major) | 5 |
| 11:01 | BOS | Jeremy Swayman | fighting (major) | 5 |
| 14:03 | BOS | Jeremy Swayman | delaying game puck over glass | 2 |
| 14:16 | BOS | Tanner Jeannot | interference | 2 |
| 15:45 | BOS | Sean Kuraly | closing hand on puck | 2 |
| 00:18 | BOS | David Pastrnak | slashing | 2 |
| 04:35 | BOS | Hampus Lindholm | hooking | 2 |
Boxscore
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Geekie #39 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 18:43 |
 Charlie McAvoy #73 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30:19 |
 Alex Steeves #21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 08:02 |
 Matthew Poitras #51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11:48 |
 Viktor Arvidsson #71 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14:02 |
 Marat Khusnutdinov #92 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20:07 |
 Mark Kastelic #47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14:35 |
 Michael Eyssimont #81 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 07:38 |
 David Pastrnak #88 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 23:10 |
 Jonathan Aspirot #45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:09 |
 Casey Mittelstadt #11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:58 |
 Fraser Minten #93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:32 |
 Sean Kuraly #52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:11 |
 Tanner Jeannot #84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:24 |
 Andrew Peeke #26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:18 |
 Hampus Lindholm #27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:50 |
 Mason Lohrei #6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 |
 Nikita Zadorov #91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jeremy Swayman #1 | O | 46 | 5 | .891 | 65:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikita Kucherov #86 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 28:13 |
| Brandon Hagel #38 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 27:37 |
 Darren Raddysh #43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 29:38 |
 Jake Guentzel #59 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 27:40 |
 Nick Paul #20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10:23 |
 Oliver Bjorkstrand #22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11:43 |
 Erik Cernak #81 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:40 |
 Ryan McDonagh #27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:32 |
 Anthony Cirelli #71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:25 |
 Dominic James #17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:41 |
 Gage Goncalves #93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:22 |
 Yanni Gourde #37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:40 |
 Zemgus Girgensons #28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:21 |
 Pontus Holmberg #29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:19 |
 Declan Carlile #67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:18 |
 J.J. Moser #90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:21 |
 Max Crozier #24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:36 |
 Victor Hedman #77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Andrei Vasilevskiy #88 | W | 34 | 5 | .853 | 64:59 |
SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.