Lightning strike quickly, beat Bruins 4-1 for 6th straight

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In his last seven games, Jason Pominville has four goals and five assists for nine points.

Tampa Bay’s Ryan Callahan (24) scores against Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask off of an assist from teammate Alex Killorn (17) during Sunday’s game in Boston.

Where does that leave Tampa Bay at the deadline? Stamkos leads the team with 28 tallies and can match his career-high goal-scoring streak of seven games that he set in 2010.

Stamkos leads the team with 27 goals after scoring Friday in Tampa Bay’s 4-0 victory at New Jersey and has prospered since being moved back to center.

“Our power play’s been struggling”. “Usually when we are doing that we get that attack mentality, we can retrieve pucks, we get it back and we can make some plays”. “I think it’s not just our PK, I think there are a lot of areas of our game we have to improve on and that’s definitely one of them”.

The Lightning took over sole possession of second place in the Atlantic Division with 76 points, two behind the first-place Florida Panthers, who lost 3-1 at the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. “When you feel good with the puck, your legs are moving”. They are playing the right way though, that’s the big thing.

About 3 minutes later, the Lightning made it 2-1 when Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid fell at the blue line, sending Callahan and Killorn free on a 2-on-0.

Tampa Bay won its second straight game on the road. “I mean six in a row, that’s a great feed for us at this time in the year. So it obviously is just icing on the cake to be producing in those wins, and our line is feeling really good about our game right now”.

Kevan Miller scored Boston’s only goal and Tuukka Rask stopped 26 shots for the Bruins, who ended a two-game winning streak.

It didn’t help that the Bruins were unable to make up for their penalty-kill blunders and cash in on any of their six power plays. Cooper said he was being stitched up and was not dazed.

The Lightning would strike again on the power play midway through the second period as Stamkos ripped a one-timer from the high slot that Callahan directed in to the net for a 3-1 lead at 8:18.

Given the tightness in the standings, especially with the Black and Gold, a performance like that from your special teams unit, and your shorthanded grouping in particular, speaks volumes (on volumes). Lightning forward Tyler Johnson bled profusely and left the game when he was apparently hit in the face by a puck in the third period. – Claude Julien, lamenting a loss to Tampa Bay that really got away from them.

The Lightning head into Toronto looking to take over top spot in the Atlantic while the Maple Leafs sit in the basement of the Eastern Conference. The 30-year-old is on a roll.