Boston Bruins @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Boston Bruins

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Charlie McAvoy D	OUT	19 Oct
Nikita Zadorov D	OUT	15 Sep
Dans Locmelis C	OUT	15 Sep

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Pontus Holmberg RW	OUT	15 Sep

Bruins Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
2/5/26	vsBUF	L4-1
29/4/26	@BUF	W2-1 OT
26/4/26	vsBUF	L6-1
24/4/26	vsBUF	L3-1
22/4/26	@BUF	W4-2

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
3/5/26	vsMTL	L2-1
2/5/26	@MTL	W1-0 OT
30/4/26	vsMTL	L3-2
27/4/26	@MTL	W3-2
25/4/26	@MTL	L3-2 OT

Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/10

Bruins
Lightning

Game 1

11/12

Lightning
Bruins

Game 2

18/1

Lightning
Bruins

Game 3

3/4

Bruins
Lightning

Game 4

11/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

Marshawn Lynch to be special guest at HDA's SummerFest

The Hockey Diversity Alliance is adding a football element to its youth SummerFest in Toronto this weekend, with former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch serving as a special guest.

2026 NHL free agency tracker: News, contracts, grades, buzz

Get up to speed on all the latest veteran additions teams are making beginning on June 30.

Stars keep 'cornerstone' Jason Robertson with one-year deal

After a season in which he led the club with 96 points, Dallas forward Jason Robertson, who nixed a trade to the Seattle Kraken this summer, avoided a salary arbitration hearing with the Stars, accepting a one-year deal worth $12 million on Tuesday night.

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