Tampa Comes Back After Bruins Score First to Clinch a Playoff Spot · Apr. 4, 2026
Casey Mittelstadt gave Boston a 1-0 lead in the second, but Tampa Bay flipped the script with three third-period goals to win 3-1 and celebrate clinching a playoff berth for the ninth consecutive season — secured earlier in the day when Detroit lost in New York. Charle-Edouard D'Astous tied it on a rebound, Darren Raddysh put Tampa ahead with a sharp-angle wrist shot (his 21st, a Lightning record for goals by a defenseman), and Nikita Kucherov iced it on an empty-netter.
Apr 5, 2026
Source: NHL