TAMPA, Fla. — Victor Hedman scored the go-ahead purpose with 6:31 remaining, and the Tampa Bay Lightning tied a group file with their eleventh straight residence victory by defeating the NHL-best Boston Bruins 3-2 on Thursday night time.

Brayden Point‘s go for Steven Stamkos on a 2-on-1 misfired, however the puck got here proper to Hedman. His shot from the left circle beat Linus Ullmark after the Boston goalie was run over by teammate Brandon Carlo, breaking a 2-all tie.

“I noticed Linus went flying,” Hedman mentioned. “I did not know if it was our man or their man (who ran over Ullmark), so I took an opportunity to shoot for the online.”

The Lightning matched the franchise mark for consecutive residence wins, set in 2019-20. They ended Boston’s six-game profitable streak and the Bruins’ run of seven street victories in a row.

“In the beginning, we needed to keep away from beating ourselves — handle the puck effectively,” Hedman mentioned. “We needed to play to our construction, and I feel we did that for the higher a part of the sport. We performed fairly good hockey for many of the night time, and we obtained rewarded with a win.”

Brandon Hagel and Nikita Kucherov additionally scored for Tampa Bay, which defeated the Bruins for the primary time in three tries this season. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 37 saves.

“It was two good groups that performed laborious,” mentioned Lightning coach Jon Cooper, whose group defeated Minnesota 4-2 on Tuesday. “This entire week has been a check for us in opposition to playoff-caliber groups — heavy, expert groups — and to this point we have been doing very effectively on the check.”

Brad Marchand and Pavel Zacha had the objectives for the Bruins, who fell to 38-6-4. Ullmark stopped 32 photographs.

“It was forwards and backwards all night time,” Boston defenseman Connor Clifton mentioned. “I assumed we began slightly gradual, however I assumed we had been nice within the second and third. Linus performed nice and stored us in it. Their goalie did the identical factor.”

The Lightning wanted simply 30 seconds to capitalize on their first energy play and take a 1-0 lead. Hagel was left alone in entrance, took a go from Kucherov and beat Ullmark over the blocker at 10:42.

Vasilevskiy preserved the lead late within the interval by robbing Zacha and David Pastrnak lower than a minute aside.

The goalies continued to excel within the second. Vasilevskiy denied Hampus Lindholm, who was alone between the hashmarks, 5 minutes into the interval. Eight minutes later, Ullmark stopped Level on a breakaway and Stamkos on a wide-open 15-footer from the slot.

“I assumed he did nice,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery mentioned of Ullmark, who fell to 25-3-1. “I assumed he made loads of saves look straightforward; he was in such good place. Vasilevskiy performed nice, too. He made loads of high-quality saves. It was a playoff-type recreation.”

Nevertheless, Marchand obtained the Bruins even at 1 when he beat Vasilevskiy with a low wrist shot from the left circle at 16:58.

The Lightning took a 2-1 lead 58 seconds into the third interval when Stamkos received a faceoff to Kucherov, who whipped a shot previous Ullmark. However the Bruins tied it at 2:24 on a purpose by Zacha, who completed off a three-way passing play.