Facing Bruins

Vasilevskiy made 21 saves in a 4-0 loss to Boston on Saturday. He allowed three goals. Saturday's defeat was a tough one for Vasilevskiy. The first Boston goal came after Lightning forward Oliver Bjorkstrand tried to clear the puck from the crease and banked it off his goaltender's pad and into the net.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jeremy Swayman stopped all 26 shots he faced to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-0 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. Cole Koepke scored twice against his former team. Mark Kastelic and Nikita Zadorov also scored for Boston which won for just the second time in 10 games.

Goaltender Jeremy Swayman broke a personal six-game losing streak with his fourth shutout as the Boston Bruins, depleted by an active NHL trade deadline, blanked the host Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 on Saturday.

Cole Koepke scored twice and the Bruins, who watched some heart soul players leave on Friday, scored a 4-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

All three players are in their first season with the new-look Bruins. Boston’s boldest move was dealing captain Brad Marchand, the last remaining player from its 2011 Stanley Cup championship team, to the Florida Panthers. “It was a tough day,” said Bruins forward David Pastrnak, one of the last familiar faces still wearing the black and gold.

The Boston Bruins took a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday at AMALIE Arena. Cole Koepke gave Boston a 1-0 lead in the second period before a tough bounce resulted in a goal for Bruins forward Mark Kastelic in the third period for a 2-0 advantage.

Koepke gave Boston a 1-0 lead at 10:32 of the second period when he was credited with a goal after a scramble in front. After Koepke drove to the net and put a backhand through Vasilevskiy’s pads, Tampa Bay forward Oliver Bjorkstrand tried to clear the puck from the crease but knocked it in off of Vasilevskiy's pad.

The Bruins suffered a crushing loss Thursday night that hampered their dwindling postseason push.

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WASHINGTON — Mitchell Chaffee and Gage Goncalves scored, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of the 21 shots he faced behind a remarkable tight-checking team effort and the Tampa Bay Lightning won ...