The Tampa Bay Lightning look to defend their two-point lead over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday without star forward Brayden Point in the lineup. Tampa Bay announced that Point will be scratched from the game because he missed a team meeting. "Update: Brayden Point will not play tonight due to missing a team meeting," the team said on X.

The Tampa Bay Lightning made a bold statement on Tuesday, scratching star forward Brayden Point for their game against the Boston Bruins due to a team policy violation. According to Gabby Shirley of FanDuel Sports Network,

The Lighting were prepared to dress all 18 healthy skaters, but a team rule states that any player who misses a meeting will be benched for the next game. When Point arrived late to TD Garden Tuesday morning, Tampa Bay summoned Finley from Syracuse to fill the empty forward spot.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point (21) cuts around Carolina Hurricanes left wing Eric Robinson (50 ...

While Point’s last-minute goal is what everyone will remember, the Lightning won the game in front of the net in other ways. Their first two goals were scored on rebounds of shots flung on net by Darren Raddysh, who became the quickest Lightning defenseman to 50 career points with two primary assists.

Point netted an even-strength goal on two shots and went plus-2 in Saturday's 5-1 over the Red Wings.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point (21) breaks out ahead of Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand (63 ...

Lightning's Brayden Point scored with 36 seconds left in regulation in a 4-1 win over the Bruins, his 600th career NHL point.

Jake Guentzel scores the only goal in the shootout to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 victory over the Ducks.

TAMPA BAY -- Another Atlantic Division clash in the Sunshine State is up next for the Detroit Red Wings, who will go head-to-head with the Tampa Bay Lightning at AMALIE Arena on Saturday night.

The Ducks fought back in the third period to earn a point, but fell 4-3 in a shootout to the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight at Amalie Arena. NHL GAMECENTER | DUCKS STREAM The loss dropped Anaheim to 18-2

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point reached 600 career points with a power-play goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Thursday night.