Can the Tampa Bay Lightning Bounce Back After Boston Bruising?
The Tampa Bay Lightning, with a record of 0-1, faced off against the Boston Bruins, who now stand at 1-0 after the latest National Hockey League encounter. The final score read 7-3 in favor of the home team at TD Garden.
The Lightning opened the scoring in the first period but were quickly overtaken as the Bruins responded with two goals. Momentum shifted further in favor of Boston as they doubled their lead by adding another two goals in the second period. Despite a valiant effort from Tampa Bay to close the gap with an additional two goals, it was not enough to deter a determined Bruins side that capitalized on opportunities and netted three more times in the third period.
Tampa Bay's performance saw them register 26 shots on goal and successfully convert three into scores for a shooting percentage of 12 percent. Their efforts were distributed evenly across their lines, with six points accumulated from three goals and assists each. However, they struggled in faceoffs, winning only 24 out of 50 attempts which translated to a faceoff win percentage just shy of half at 48 percent.
Defensively, Tampa Bay managed to block a total of twelve shots but conceded four penalties amounting to eight penalty minutes. The powerplay unit had four chances but failed to capitalize on any despite taking four shots during these opportunities.
On special teams play, while shorthanded once throughout this matchup resulting in one goal against them out of seven shots faced by their goaltender who made six saves during these instances. In contrast, their powerplay saves stood at one from one shot faced – maintaining a perfect save percentage here albeit without much action.
The goaltending statistics reflect some struggle for Tampa Bay; while total saves reached nineteen out of twenty-five even-strength shots against them (with an overall save percentage rounding up), they could not prevent five even-strength goals slipping past them before an empty-netter brought their total goals against tally up to seven for this game duration which lasted exactly sixty minutes according to official timekeeping records.
As fans look ahead after this tough outing for Tampa Bay Lightning players and coaching staff alike will no doubt be analyzing what went wrong while preparing for redemption when they host Los Angeles Kings back home at Amalie Arena located within zip code area:33602 city:Tampa state:FL country:USA scheduled on January 10th where fans can catch all action live via ESPN+ online or tune into BSSUN channel number:653 if residing locally or alternatively BSW channel number:692 should you be following from away territories – ensuring no moment is missed regardless where you are cheering from!