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The Lightning found that out on their final road trip. Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) makes a save against Montreal's Kirby Dach (77) during first-period action on Thursday. Tampa Bay, Buffalo and Montreal are trying to claim the Atlantic Division as the regular season winds down this week.
The Detroit Red Wings and Tampa Bay Lightning meet for the final time Monday night, but their penultimate regular-season games will hold very different impacts for the Atlantic Division foes.
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Detroit Red Wings in a matchup of Atlantic Division teams. Tampa Bay has gone 49-25-6 overall with a 15-9-1 record against the Atlantic Division. The Lightning have a 16-7-3 record in games they have fewer penalties than their opponent.
Emil Lilleberg scored on a rebound with 95 seconds left to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Bruins 2-1 on Saturday, snapping a three-game losing streak and depriving Boston of a chance to clinch a playoff berth.
The Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday never stopped pushing and were rewarded with a 2-1 matinee victory at TD Garden over the Boston Bruins. The Bruins got the game’s first goal on a breakaway from Morgan Geekie, but Lightning forward Brandon Hagel scored on a rush chance of his own to tie the score in the third.
Tampa Bay deals with injury and fatigue as they face Ottawa, potentially missing four Olympians and relying on call-ups.
Cole Caufield became the first Montreal player to score 50 goals in a season in more than three decades and Juraj Slafkovsky scored a tiebreaker with just over a minute remaining as the Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in a fight-filled game Thursday night.
Lightning forward Anthony Cirelli played his part, too—the donated hats on Friday were those thrown onto the ice at Benchmark International Arena following No. 71’s hat-trick in an April 2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. A signed Cirelli jersey was also donated to the VA.