“Kuch, I was surprised he came back,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. Tampa Bay star Nikita Kucherov skated gingerly off the ice midway through the second but returned for the third. “Giving up points like that, it’s unacceptable in our dressing room. “We hold ourselves at a pretty high level,” Coyle said. Jeremy Swayman stopped 41 shots as the Bruins dropped to 13-1-3 on the season. Pavel Zacha, David Pastrnak, John Beecher and Charlie Coyle scored for Boston. Stamkos tied Pat Verbeek for 38th place with 522 goals.
Stamkos' goal came after Victor Hedman kept a clearing attempt in the Boston zone. “We don’t have the same record because we’ve played a little reckless at times.' Tanner Jeannot, Nicholas Paul and Austin Watson scored for the Lightning (9-6-4).
(AP) - Steven Stamkos scored the tying goal with 4.8 seconds left in regulation and Brandon Hagel got the winner on a breakaway 1:19 into overtime as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Bruins 5-4 on Monday night.
