TAMPA, Fla. _ The Lightning's captain and power play showed off (sometimes together) to beat the Bruins 3-2 on Thursday.
Boston scored first and last, but the Lightning scored thrice in between to secure the win. The skilled players on the power play did what they do best, with Nikita Kucherov assisting both Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos.
Patrice Bergeron got the Bruins started early, with a goal at 4:26. Brad Marchand started the play with a wraparound that rang off the post. Bergeron jumped on the rebound to clean up.
Stamkos tied the score, extending his goal streak to four games with 7:25 to play in the second period. He got the puck from Kucherov just above the left hashmarks. Instead of taking his trademark one-timer, Stamkos took the time to settle the puck and put a wrister through Tuukka Rask's legs.
Point put the Lightning on top in the third, on a sequence that started with a heckuva save by Rask on a close-range rocket by Kucherov. Rask could only deflect, not control, the puck on that one, so the Lightning continued their pressure on the power play.
Victor Hedman took a shot that sailed just wide. Kucherov retrieved the puck below the goal line and flung it backwards, to Point in the slot. Point put the one-timer past Rask to give the Lightning a 2-1 lead.
Stamkos added an insurance goal that turned into the winner with 4:47 to play. He put a wrist shot past Rask from the top of the slot, while fending off Bergeron.
John Moore got one more for the Bruins, chipping the puck up over Andrei Vasilevskiy from the low slot, but it wasn't enough.
