{"id":140305,"date":"2026-02-02T04:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/140305\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T04:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:56:10","slug":"lightning-rally-from-4-down-for-1st-time-in-history-defeat-bruins-in-shootout-in-stadium-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/140305\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning rally from 4 down for 1st time in history, defeat Bruins in shootout in Stadium Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Guentzel scored the lone goal in the shootout for the Lightning, who trailed 5-1 in the second period but responded with four straight goals to tie the game, including two on a 5-on-3 power play in 23 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Hagel had a goal and two assists, Darren Raddysh had a goal and an assist, and Guentzel had two assists for the Lightning (35-14-4), who have won three straight. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay was hosting its first NHL outdoor game, and did so in front of 64,617 fans on a chilly night (41.8 degrees Fahrenheit at puck drop).<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Geekie had two goals and an assist, and Charlie McAvoy had two assists for the Bruins (32-20-4), who extended their point streak to six games (4-0-2). Alex Steeves, Matthew Poitras and Viktor Arvidsson scored. Jeremy Swayman made 41 saves.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Bjorkstrand got Tampa Bay within 5-2 with a power-play goal during a goal-mouth scramble at 10:28 of the second period.<\/p>\n<p>Raddysh finished a pass from Kucherov with a one-timer from between the circles at 15:50 to make it 5-3, and Nick Paul scored just 23 seconds later at 16:13 on a tap-in from a pass from Guentzel to cut the deficit to 5-4.<\/p>\n<p>Kucherov then scored on a one-timer from the right circle to tie the game 5-5 at 11:50 of the third.<\/p>\n<p>Hagel scored the fastest goal to start an outdoor game in NHL history to give the Lightning a 1-0 lead 11 seconds into the game with a snap shot from the high slot. Tampa Bay won the opening face-off and the puck eventually went to Kucherov, who weaved into the offensive zone before getting the puck to Hagel.<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins then scored four straight goals.<\/p>\n<p>Steeves tied the game 1-1 at 11:24 after a turnover by Paul in his defensive zone came to Michael Eyssimont, who did a spin move before finding Steeves in the slot for a one-timer.<\/p>\n<p>Geekie gave Boston a 2-1 lead at 15:36, tipping a McAvoy shot from the half-wall.<\/p>\n<p>Arvidsson pushed it to 3-1 on the power play when he deflected McAvoy&#8217;s shot from in front at 18:03.<\/p>\n<p>Poitras made it 4-1 at 2:22 into the second period, scoring from the slot with a backhand that went over Vasilevskiy&#8217;s glove for his first goal of the season. Poitras was recalled from Providence of the American Hockey League on Jan. 29.<\/p>\n<p>Geekie scored his second of the game for a 5-1 lead at 8:18 of the second. David Pastrnak faked a shot from the right circle and slid it across to Geekie for a one-timer from the left circle.<\/p>\n<p>After a stoppage in play after Swayman saved a shot at 11:01 of the second period, Hagel whacked his pads and the goalie punched him several times before skating to center ice where he and Vasilevskiy exchanged punches before receiving fighting majors.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning forward Anthony Cirelli sustained an injury in the first period after a hit by Mark Kastelic with 1:44 remaining and did not return.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman returned to the lineup after missing 22 games because of elbow surgery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Guentzel scored the lone goal in the shootout for the Lightning, who trailed 5-1 in the second&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-140305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-tampa","9":"tag-tampa-headlines","10":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}