🐻 Away Bruins 16-4-4
3–1
Final
⚡ Home Lightning 6-10-8
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐻 BOS 0123
⚡ TBL 1001

Bruins at Lightning

Bruins beat Lightning 3–1 at AMALIE Arena on December 4, 2008.

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Phil Kessel
2 G
4 shots · 16:56 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Marc Savard
2 A
19:26 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Tim Thomas
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Martin St. Louis Go-ahead 1st · 01:21
Assists: Vincent Lecavalier, Ryan Malone · beat Tim Thomas
0–1
2nd period
🐻 Phil Kessel Tying 2nd · 12:21
Assists: Marc Savard, Milan Lucic · beat Mike Smith
1–1
3rd period
🐻 David Krejci SH Go-ahead 3rd · 08:17
Assists: Blake Wheeler · beat Mike Smith
2–1
🐻 Phil Kessel Empty net 3rd · 19:59
Assists: Marc Savard, Matt Hunwick
3–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Lucic · Savard · Kessel 17:07
L2 Axelsson · Bergeron · Wheeler 15:48
L3 Krejci · Kobasew · Ryder 14:05
L4 Thornton · Yelle · Nokelainen 9:19
D1 Chara · Hnidy 26:30
D2 Hunwick · Stuart 20:18
D3 Boychuk · Lashoff 12:40
⚡Lightning
L1 Prospal · Lecavalier · St. Louis 21:40
L2 Malone · Stamkos · Recchi 17:16
L3 Jokinen · Szczechura · Downie 12:29
L4 Smolenak · Craig · Hall 9:42
D1 Meszaros · Ranger 26:00
D2 Eminger · Malik 20:20
D3 Krajicek · Smaby 12:18

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS TBL⚡
26 Shots on goal 31
21 Hits 27
17 Blocked shots 10
4 Takeaways 3
4 Giveaways 15
6 Penalty minutes 2
BOS shooting 11.5% (3/26) TBL shooting 3.2% (1/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith
23/25
.920 SV% · 2 GA · 59:11 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-0-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-1-2 (40% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 4-1-1 (67% win rate, 6 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 0-0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Bruins lead the season series 1–0
Mar 132008 ⚡TBL @ 🐻BOS 3–1 Feb 232008 🐻BOS @ ⚡TBL 5–3 Dec 12007 🐻BOS @ ⚡TBL 1–4 Oct 182007 ⚡TBL @ 🐻BOS 1–4 Feb 232007 🐻BOS @ ⚡TBL 6–2
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❓ BOS vs TBL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Lightning on December 4, 2008?

Bruins won 3–1. The final score was Bruins 3, Lightning 1.

Who scored for Bruins?

Phil Kessel (2), David Krejci.

Who scored for Lightning?

Martin St. Louis.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Lightning season series?

Bruins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeNov 29 🐙DET @ 🐻BOS 1–4 AfterDec 6 🐻BOS @ 🐆FLA 4–0
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 2 ⚡TBL @ 🔔PHI 3–4 AfterDec 6 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 4–3
Also on December 4
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