Amid Protests, Lightning and Bruins Play

Game 3 of the series between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins went ahead as scheduled tonight. Amid other sports, like the NBA, WNBA, MLB, and MLS, boycotting games for justice in the Jacob Blake incident.

Here is a quick recap of the previous 2 games:

Game 1 – Bruins win 3-2

Game 2 – Lightning win 4-3

Here is how the 2 teams would line up for Game 3:

Before the game, there was a moment of reflection for Jacob Blake:

In lieu of giving a full summary of the game, I will just give the boxscore and 3 stars of the game. There is a time and a place for everything.

1st Period

TBL Goal – Ondrej Palat (2), Assists: Mikhail Sergacheb and Nikita Kucherov

TBL Goal – Yanni Gourde (3), Assists: Blake Coleman and Erik Cernak

2nd Period

TBL Goal – Mikhail Sergachev (1), Assists: Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point

BOS Goal – Brad Marchand (7), Assists: Torey Krug and David Pastrnak

TBL Goal – Alex Killorn (3), Assists: Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov

TBL Goal – Brayden Point (6), Assists: Alex Killorn and Mikhail Sergachev

TBL Goal – Alex Killorn (4), Assists: Yanni Gourde and Zach Bogosian

3rd Period

TBL Goal – Nikita Kucherov (4), Assist: Brayden Point

3 Stars of the Game

Nikita Kucherov

Alex Killorn

Mikhail Sergachev