The Tampa Bay Lightning face the Boston Bruins with both teams looking to build off strong starts to the season. The Lightning have a 13-7-1 record and have won back-to-back games while the Bruins have an 18-3 record and with eight wins in their last 10 games, have the best record in the Eastern Conference. Both teams are looking to remain near the top of the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference and the upcoming game looks to be a great one as a result.
The Lightning are having a great season with their offense stepping up and scoring 3.45 goals per game. Nikita Kucherov has scored 10 goals and 24 assists while Steven Stamkos and Brayden Point have added 22 goals and 27 assists to the top two lines but the entire offense has been great. Alex Killorn, Nick Paul, and Brandon Hagel have combined for 23 goals and 28 assists while defenseman Mikhail Sergachev is adding four goals and 18 assists from the point to help open up the offense.
The offense has been great but the defense has struggled, allowing 3.10 goals per game. Victor Hedman and Mikhail Sergachev have combined for 2.0 defensive point shares but the rest of the unit has struggled, allowing opponents to find open shots on the net at will. The bright spot has been the play of goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy who has a .905 save percentage and a 2.94 goals-against average on 462 shots.