⚡ Away Lightning 10-19-2 before this game

2–3

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TBL	1	1	0	2
BOS	0	1	2	3

Lightning at Bruins

Bruins beat Lightning 3–2 at TD Garden on December 21, 1998.

🗓 Mon, Dec 21, 1998 · 18:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Jason Allison

3 A

1 shots · 29:22 TOI · +2

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Kyle McLaren

2 G

7 shots · 21:59 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚡ TBL

Vincent Lecavalier

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 09:58 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

⚡ Craig Janney PP Go-ahead 1st · 09:01

Assists: Cory Cross, Vincent Lecavalier

1–0

2nd period

🐻 Kyle McLaren Tying 2nd · 05:10

Assists: Jason Allison, Steve Heinze

1–1

⚡ Vincent Lecavalier Go-ahead 2nd · 10:12

Assists: Mike McBain

2–1

3rd period

🐻 Kyle McLaren PP Tying 3rd · 06:11

Assists: Ray Bourque, Jason Allison

2–2

🐻 Hal Gill Go-ahead 3rd · 11:29

Assists: Dmitri Khristich, Jason Allison

2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚡TBL BOS🐻

26 Shots on goal 34

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

29 Hits 29

11 Blocked shots 10

1 Takeaways 2

3 Giveaways 6

34 Penalty minutes 30

TBL shooting 7.7% (2/26) BOS shooting 8.8% (3/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚡Lightning

Bill Ranford

31/34

.912 SV% · 3 GA · 58:42 TOI

🐻Bruins

Robbie Tallas

24/26

.923 SV% · 2 GA · 59:52 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Lightning

Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–1

Lightning

Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚡Lightning

L1 Hogue · Sillinger · Tucker 20:45

L2 Gratton · Janney · Selivanov 17:03

L3 Peterson · Kelly · Andersson 11:08

L4 Nazarov · Lecavalier · McCarthy 9:58

D1 Cross · Dykhuis 22:16

D2 Cullimore · Samuelsson 19:29

D3 Kubina · McBain 15:38

🐻Bruins

L1 Samsonov · Allison · Khristich 22:18

L2 Axelsson · Taylor · DiMaio 17:11

L3 Thornton · Heinze · Carter 14:27

L4 Baumgartner · Belanger · Bates 3:50

D1 Bourque · Van Impe 26:30

D2 McLaren · Sweeney 19:54

D3 Gill · Ledyard 13:06

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

3–4 (OT) · Bruins won

2–2 (OT) · Lightning won

❓ TBL vs BOS, answered

Who won Lightning vs Bruins on December 21, 1998?

Bruins won 3–2.

What was the final score of Lightning vs Bruins?

The final score was Lightning 2, Bruins 3.

Who scored for Lightning?

Craig Janney, Vincent Lecavalier.

Who scored for Bruins?

Kyle McLaren (2), Hal Gill.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Bill Ranford made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Robbie Tallas made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

⚡Lightning

Previous game · Dec 20

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Dec 19

Also on December 21, 1998

Lightning season page Bruins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule