Boston Bruins: Media Notes
TONIGHT’S GAME - The Bruins visit the Lightning tonight in game 2 of their best-of-7 Round Two series with Boston leading 1-0. - This is the 4th Round One series for Boston since the NHL adopted the wild card format in 2013-14 &they are 1-2 in those series ... Overall, they are playing their 32nd 2nd round series (Quarterfinals, Division Finals, Conference Semi-Finals &Round Twos) with an 18-14 record entering this postseason ... They are 16-12 in those series which have been best-of-7 formats. - The Bruins enter tonight’s game with a 32-22 record in game 2s of best-of-7 series in which they led 1-0 ... They are 38-17 overall in best-of-7 series in which they won game 1.
2020 ROUND TWO SERIES - Gm 1, Aug. 23: Bos 3 at TB 2 – The Bruins won their 4th straight game of this post-season as Charlie Coyle, David Pastrnak (1-1=2) &Brad Marchand (1-1=2) staked them to a 3-0 lead before Tampa Bay scored 2 in the 3rd to tighten the game ... Jaroslav Halak won his career-best 4th straight game with 35 saves ... SOG: Bos 31, TB 37 ... PP: 1/3 ... PK: 0/3 - Gm 2, Aug. 25: Bos 0 at TB 0 - - Gm 3, Aug. 26: TB 0 at Bos 0 - - Gm 4, Aug. 28: TB 0 at Bos 0 - - Gm 5*, Aug. 30: Bos 0 at TB 0 - - Gm 6*, Sept. 1: TB 0 at Bos 0 - - Gm 7*, Sept. 2: Bos 0 at TB 0 - - * if necessary BOSTON vs TAMPA BAY, LIFETIME SERIES - The Bruins and Lightning have played 2 lifetime playoff series with each team winning 1 ... They have played 13 games with TB holding both an 8-6 game edge &43-39 goals for/against advantage. - The Bruins won the 1st series with a 4-3 win in the 2011 CF en route to their 6th Stanley Cup championship ... The Lightning won the last series with a 4-1 victory in the 2018 Round Two series ... These teams also met in the 2020 Round Robin series with TB taking a 3-2 win on 8/5. - Patrice Bergeron (7-5=12 totals in 11 gp), Brad Marchand (4-8=12 in 13 gp) &David Krejci (6-4=10 in 13 gp) lead all current Bruins in career playoff scoring vs. CAR). - FYI: David Krejci tied a club record for GWGs in 1 playoff year with his 4th of the post-season in a 2-0 win over TB on 5/17/2011 in their CF series ... Krejci became the 1st Bruin in 20 years with a playoff hat trick on 5/25/2011 ... Cam Neely had scored the previous Boston hat trick on 4/25/1991 ... The Bruins &Lightning played a penalty-free game 7 on 5/27/2011 as Tim Thomas made 24 saves for the 1-0 win ... It was the 1st time in club history that the Bruins had played 2 game 7s in 1 playoff year (they would finish that post-season with 3).
2019-20 SEASON SERIES vs. TAMPA BAY - The Bruins went 1-2-1 vs. the Lightning in their season series ... TB won both games in Boston (4-3/SO on 10/17 &5-3 on 3/7) while they split the games in Tampa (3-2 TB on 12/12 &2-1 BOS on 3/3). - The Bruins outshot the Lightning by a 139-113 margin ... BOS went 4/14 (28.6%) on the power play &went 6/9 (66.7%) on the penalty kill in the series. David Pastrnak (3-2=5) &Brad Marchand (1-4=5) led the Bruins in scoring in the series ... Tuukka Rask played all 4 games in goal for BOS.
2019-20 SEASON SERIES vs. TAMPA BAY - The Bruins went 1-2-1 vs. the Lightning in their season series ... TB won both games in Boston (4-3/SO on 10/17 &5-3 on 3/7) while they split the games in Tampa (3-2 TB on 12/12 &2-1 BOS on 3/3). - The Bruins outshot the Lightning by a 139-113 margin ... BOS went 4/14 (28.6%) on the power play &went 6/9 (66.7%) on the penalty kill in the series. David Pastrnak (3-2=5) &Brad Marchand (1-4=5) led the Bruins in scoring in the series ... Tuukka Rask played all 4 games in goal for BOS.
