The Boston Bruins are coming off a 7-1 drubbing by Tampa Bay and really need a win today to even the series at two games apiece. The Bruins offense is led by Brad Marchand with seven goals, while David Krejci has tallied seven helpers. As a team, they are putting up just 2.36 goals a game and on the defensive end, they are giving up three goals a game. On Special teams, they are scoring on 21.6 percent of their power plays and killing off 81.3 percent of their penalties. opportunities.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have won two in a row and a win here would give them a commanding 3-1 lead in the series. The Lightning offense is led by Brayden Point with six goals, while Nikita Kucherov has tallied 10 helpers. As a team, they are putting up goals and on the defensive end, they are giving up 2.45 goals. On Special teams, they are scoring on 19.2 percent of their power plays and have killed off 82.5 percent of their penalties.

The Lightning have won eight of the last 10 meetings against the Bruins. The Bruins showed in their last game that the loss of Tuuka Rask was a big one. The Bruins goaltending is a mess and that is not good when facing a Tampa Bay offense that looks dialed in at the moment. I don't expect a 7-1 shellacking in this one but I do expect a lightning win.

Play on Tampa Bay.