Lightning storm back to beat Bruins in Stadium Series
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Stadium Series has a rich history of its players arriving to the game in extravagant outfits. The Bolts did this in 2022, when they arrived to Nashville’s Nissan Stadium in nothing but the people’s cloth. And they did so again on Sunday, hopping off an Ybor City trolley led by Baker Mayfield and Tristan Wirfs in full-on Buccaneers cosplay.
The Lightning beat the Bruins in the Stadium Series 6-5 on Sunday, making franchise and outdoor game history in the process.
Lightning winger Brandon Hagel scored 11 seconds into his team's Stadium Series game against the Bruins at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, the fastest anyone has scored in an NHL outdoor game.
Three weeks after Tampa Bay's Brayden Point suffered a lower-body injury, Lightning teammate Anthony Cirelli left Sunday's outdoor game against the Boston Bruins after taking a hit from Mark Kastelic.
In a Stadium Series thriller, David Pastrnak's potential OT winner was denied, and the Bruins lost 6-5 to the Lightning in a shootout.
The Bruins are 4-1 in previous outdoor games and will make another appearance in the home of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
The Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning meet Sunday in an outdoors game. Puck drop at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, is at 6:30 p.m. ET.
For a moment in Sunday's game between the Lightning and the Bruins, Andrei Vasilevskiy looked like the baddest man on the planet.