David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists and Parker Wotherspoon scored his first NHL goal to help the Boston Bruins open a four-goal lead and hold on to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2.

With the Bruins playing tonight, they had morning skate earlier. Bruins head coach Joe Sacco switched things up on the blueline fo

Under duress from Charlie Coyle, Victor Hedman lost the puck just inside his left point position and Poitras pounced on it, bursting up ice on a 2-on-1. He smartly waited out Nick Perbix’s belly-flop slide and made a pretty pass around the defenseman’s skates to Trent Frederic for a redirection at 4:24, Frederic’s seventh of the year.

Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov joined teammate Victor Hedman in an exclusive club during Saturday's win over the Detroit Red Wings.

(AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) Tampa Bay Lightning center Michael Eyssimont (23) gets held by Boston Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov (91) as he tries to get a shot on goaltender Jeremy Swayman (1) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday ...

The Boston Bruins are falling and falling fast as a 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night at Amalie Arena, stretching their recent skid to a season-long six games.

Anthony Cirelli gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead with a short-handed goal at 14:07 of the second period. McDonagh sent the puck down the ice to a streaking Hagel, whose shot from the slot went off the end boards before Cirelli scored on the rebound from the left face-off circle.

Kucherov danced his way to the right faceoff dot, pulling a Detroit defender toward him before cutting back to the right center hashmark. Kucherov shelved his shot into the top right corner of the Detroit net for his 21 st goal of the season.

TAMPA, Fla. — Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel each had a goal and two assists, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-1 on Saturday night. Darren Raddysh had a goal and an assist as Tampa Bay won for the third time in four games. Brayden Point and Mitchell Chaffee also scored, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 39 saves.

The Vancouver Canucks are not the same team that won 50 games last season and walked away as Pacific Division champions. They have dropped several notches in people’s minds and are no longer a contender for the Stanley Cup,

Bruins forward Matt Poitras made the most of his first NHL game since Nov. 9, sparking Boston to a 6-2 win over Tampa.

The Lightning right wing scores a highlight-reel goal and becomes the second player in team history to claim 600 assists.