The Boston Bruins scored two powerplay goals in today’s 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. One from Tyler Seguin and the other, the game-winning goal, was scored by Brad Marchand.

The game started sloppily for the Bruins as they found themselves killing off penalties from, what seemed like, the get-go. Steven Stamkos scored his 15th goal of the year on the powerplay on a sweet shot from an almost impossible angle. Then, also on the powerplay, Alexander Killorn scored to give the Lightning a 2-0 lead and a seemingly daunting advantage in the first period.

The second period held much better fortunes for Boston as they were able to tie the game back up in the span of 1:17. The first of the two goals came from Seguin, in basically the same spot Stamkos scored, by way of a nice pass from his road trip roommate Dougie Hamilton. A little over a minute later, Rich Peverley found himself wide-open, in the same spot as Seguin and Stamkos, and one-timed a feed from Adam McQuaid past a sprawling Mathieu Garon. The Bruins penalty kill was much better in the second and killed off a key four minute minor committed by Andrew Ference (high sticking).

The third period was evenly balanced in terms of scoring chances. Then, with a little over 2 minutes left in the third period, Marchand ripped a shot over Garon’s glove to give the B’s a 3-2 lead and the win. The goal was set up by Patrice Bergeron who had hmself a great game as always.

Game Notes

– The referees were bad for both sides so they cannot be blamed for the game’s outcome

– Anton Khudobin shook off a rocky start with a solid performance that kept the Bruins in the game

– Marchand’s last four goals have all been game winners

– As expected, the third line put up a goal today (Peverley) and hopefully there is more to come from that line

– Boston plays the Montreal Canadiens tomorrow night at 7:30 PM ET