Results - Mon, Nov 11, 2013

Tampa Bay @ Boston 0-3 - The Tampa Bay Lightning's loss to the Boston Bruins on Monday cost them more than two points in the Atlantic Division standings. The Lightning also lost two of their best players, including leading scorer Steven Stamkos, to injury in a four-minute span of the second period. After the game it was announced Stamkos suffered a broken tibia and will be out indefinitely. The Bruins scored goals 20 seconds apart shortly after Stamkos and defenseman Sami Salo were injured, and goaltender Tuukka Rask continued his dominance of the Lightning with 28 saves in a 3-0 Boston win at TD Garden. Rask now has a .988 save percentage (83-for-84) against the Lightning through three games this season and both of Rask's shutouts have come against Tampa Bay. Even after the shutout, the Lightning ranked eighth in the League in goals scored per game. Stamkos, who is tied for the NHL lead with 14 goals and 23 points and had been on a six-game goal streak, was injured at 12:49 after some contact in front of the Tampa Bay net with Bruins defenseman Dougie Hamilton. Stamkos slid into the right post and seemed to hit his right leg. The Lightning star attempted to get up and skate but immediately fell back down and began punching the ice with his right fist before he was attended to by medical personnel. He was removed from the ice on a stretcher. Salo was then injured after a hit by Bruins forward Carl Soderberg behind the Tampa Bay net. Salo left the ice favoring his right leg.

Seconds after Salo went down, the Bruins turned an Ondrej Palat wide shot into a goal. Marchand tracked the loose puck to the neutral zone and led Boston's attack. Marchand hit Torey Krug for a shot from the high slot. The puck was knocked down and Patrice Bergeron banged it into the goal at 17:09 for a 1-0 lead. Twenty seconds later, the Bruins doubled their lead. Under pressure from Bruins forward Daniel Paille at the right point, Tampa Bay defenseman Keith Aulie misplayed his attempt to intercept Gregory Campbell's chip up the wall. Paille skated out of the zone with the puck and went in on a 2-on-1 with linemate Shawn Thornton. With Thornton driving the net, Paille kept the puck, cut to the slot and beat Lindback with a backhand shot for a 2-0 lead at 17:29. Aulie went to the dressing room early in the third period because of an upper-body injury, leaving the Lightning with 15 players. Jarome Iginla's empty-net goal with 58.7 seconds remaining provided the Bruins their final margin of victory.

The Bruins extinguished all four Lightning power plays in the game to run their success streak to 22 straight kills over the past eight games. Tampa Bay's last win against Boston was March 13, 2012. The Lightning's last win at the Garden was March 25, 2010. The Bruins will conclude their season-long five-game homestand Thursday against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Lightning's three-game road trip concludes against the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.