Pontus Holmberg Scores One and Anthony Cirelli Puts in Two More as Lightning Beat Bruins 4-3
Anthony Cirelli scored two goals and Jonas Johansson made 30 saves as the Tampa Bay Lightning edged the Boston Bruins 4-3 in a closely contested game.
- Pontus Holmberg and Anthony Cirelli paced the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 win on Monday, October 13, 2025, with Holmberg putting Tampa Bay up by three and Cirelli scoring twice.
- The Boston Bruins entered Monday having won their first three games of the season, with Joonas Korpisalo starting in goal over Jeremy Swayman for this matchup.
- Jonas Johansson made 30 saves for the Lightning while Max Crozier and Oliver Bjorkstrand each registered assists in the game.
- Bruins' special teams went cold, as they failed to score on five power-play chances despite goals from Jordan Harris, Morgan Geekie and Casey Mittelstadt.
- Monday's result interrupts Boston's 3-0 start and shapes both teams' short-term momentum; the Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Washington Capitals on Tuesday.
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Pontus Holmberg scores one and Anthony Cirelli puts in two more as Lightning beat Bruins 4-3
Pontus Holmberg put Tampa Bay up by three goals late in the second period and the Lightning held on to beat the Boston Bruins 4-3.
Bruins suffer first loss of season, 4-3, to Lightning
The Bruins showed plenty of gumption, but they could not outhustle their mistakes on Monday at the Garden. They had their chances to complete a comeback from a three-goal deficit – incurred by a series of their own miscues – but the B’s fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-3, suffering their first loss of the young season. Entering the third period down a goal, the B’s pushed hard but could not get the equalizer. The Lightning came into the game w…
Lightning score early, defend late to pick up 4-3 victory over the Bruins
With a 4-1 lead early in the second period it seemed like the Tampa Bay Lightning were well on their way to an easy victory over the Boston Bruins. Any experienced Bolts fan knew that they do very few things the easy way. Sure enough, the Bruins scored twice more in the second period to slice the lead to just one goal. However, the Lightning defense put together a solid third period… Source
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