The Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday never stopped pushing and were rewarded with a 2-1 matinee victory at TD Garden over the Boston Bruins.
The Bruins got the game’s first goal on a breakaway from Morgan Geekie, but Lightning forward Brandon Hagel scored on a rush chance of his own to tie the score in the third.
Defenseman Emil Lilleberg then won the game on a rebound chance with 1:35 left in the game, and Tampa Bay got 19 saves from goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy in the win.
The Lightning, now 49-25-6 this season, will return home to face the Detroit Red Wings on Monday.
Scoring summary
First period
None.
Shots on goal: TBL 5, BOS 4
Second period
BOS 1, TBL 0
10:47 Morgan Geekie (38) - Charlie McAvoy
Bruins forward Morgan Geekie finished a breakaway chance midway through the second period with a snap shot to take the lead.
Shots on goal: TBL 8, BOS 8
Third period
BOS 1, TBL 1
6:37 Brandon Hagel (36) - Gage Goncalves, Ryan McDonagh
Tampa Bay finally got the tying goal in the third period with Brandon Hagel’s career-high 36th goal of the season. Hagel snuck his shot home on a breakaway chance.
TBL 2, BOS 1
18:25 Emil Lilleberg (4) - Jake Guentzel, Brayden Point
Defenseman Emil Lilleberg potted a rebound chance at the net with 95 seconds remaining to stun the Bruins and complete the comeback.
Total shots: TBL 24, BOS 20
