Patrice Bergeron scored the tiebreaking goal
early in the third period and Brad Boyes had a goal and an assist in
the Boston Bruins' 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on
Saturday night.
Bergeron gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead 1:39 into the third when he
scored off a pass from Boyes after a Tampa Bay turnover.
Wayne Primeau also scored for the Bruins, who lost 8-3 at Florida
on Friday night in their season opener. Hannu Toivonen stopped 29
shots.
Ruslan Fedotenko and Ryan Craig scored for Tampa Bay, and Marc
Denis made 22 saves in the Lightning's home opener.
The Lightning battled back from a 2-0 deficit for the second
consecutive game when Fedotenko and Craig scored second-period
goals. Tampa Bay trailed 2-0 after the first Thursday night in a 3-2
shootout win in Atlanta.
Primeau put the Bruins up 1-0 at 5:24 of the first.
Boyes made it 2-0 when he redirected Zdeno Chara's shot at 13:19.
Rookie Phil Kessel, taken fifth overall in the 2006 draft, assisted
on the goal for his first career point.
Notes: Chara had two assists. ... Boston D Milan Jurcina
(bruised elbow) missed his second straight game. ... Tampa Bay had
won its three previous home openers, outscoring the opposition 15-4.
... Bruins RW Shean Donovan played in his 700th NHL game. He had an
assist.
