Today at 1:00 p.m. ET, the Tampa Bay Lightning (12-4-0, 24 points) and the Boston Bruins (10-5-1, 21 points) faceoff for the third of four meetings this season live from the TD Garden in Boston. The game can be live streamed here. Tampa Bay fans can tune into all the hard-hitting action by turning their dials to 620 WDAE while Boston fans can do the same on 98.5 The Sports Hub.
These teams match up for the third time this season in a matinee game on Veterans Day, with Boston having taken the first two meetings this season with a 3-1 victory on Oct. 3 in Boston and a dominant 5-0 win in Tampa Bay on Oct. 19. The two division rivals enter play with Tampa Bay on top of the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference with 24 points, while Boston is in fourth place in the Atlantic with 21.
The Lightning enter play off of winning eight of their last 10 games and the team is coming off of a 3-2 overtime win over the Detroit Red Wings off of a Teddy Purcell goal in the extra frame to give Tampa Bay its fourth win in a row.
"It felt great to get the game-winner," Purcell, who is fifth on the team in scoring with 10 points, told NHL.com. "It felt like every game I was getting two or three looks, but couldn't buy one. Anytime you're in a slump like that it's great to break out, especially when you get your team two big points."
The Bruins are also coming off of a victory Saturday after defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1.
"It was a pretty intense game," Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask told the Bruins website. "The third period was good hockey and we just ended up getting that goal to win the game."
On the season, Rask is 9-4-1 in the crease for the Bruins with a 1.63 goals-against average and a .944 save percentage. For Tampa Bay, Ben Bishop has started 13 of 17 games and is an impressive 11-2-0 with a 2.12 GAA and a .927 save percentage.
Offensively, the Lightning has been paced by Steven Stamkos who has scored in six straight games and has points in his last eight games for 23 points off of 14 goals and nine assists while Martin St. Louis has seven tallies and nine helpers for 16 points and Valtteri Filppula has lit the lamp six times and added six assists for 12 points.
David Krejci has paved the way for the Bruins with three goals and 12 helpers for a team-high 15 points while Milan Lucic has seven tallies and six assists for 13 points and Reilly Smith has notched all 11 of his points in the past four games to place third on the team in scoring with two goals and nine assists.
Two division rivals lockup for a Veterans Day afternoon game when the puck drops on the Lightning and Bruins at the TD Garden in Boston.
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