The Boston Bruins were mere seconds away from stealing a road win from a top division rival. But the Tampa Bay Lightning ended up stealing the victory right back from them, in crushing fashion.
Steven Stamkos tied the game 4-4 with just 4.8 seconds left in regulation, then Brandon Hagel scored the game-winning goal in overtime, as the Lightning pulled off a late 5-4 comeback win for two points at Amalie Arena. The Bruins fell to 13-1-3 on the season with the loss.
Stamkos’ game-tying goal came soon after the Bruins’ Pavel Zacha couldn’t clear the puck out of the zone with precious seconds ticking away. Nikita Kucherov fed Stamkos cross-ice and Stamkos did the rest, ripping a one-timer past Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman. Hagel then beat Swayman in overtime off a 2-on-0 rush.
HAGEL COMPLETES THE COMEBACK IN OT 😱 pic.twitter.com/aDkH7YHeyG
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) November 21, 2023
In all, Swayman stopped 42-of-47 Tampa Bay shots, coming close to helping the B’s rob the W.
Tampa Bay drew first blood in this one, off the stick of Tanner Jeannot. First, Lightning forward Tyler Motte managed to sneak through Charlie McAvoy and Mason Lohrei and crash the net on Swayman, then Jeannot got just enough on the puck to knock the rebound up and over Swayman’s pad for the goal to put Tampa up 1-0.
THAT'S HOW YOU GET THINGS STARTED ‼️ pic.twitter.com/wtR1X2j1pb
— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) November 21, 2023