3 reasons why the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins

1. Their Best Players Were Their Best Players

It’s very hard to win in the Stanley Cup Playoffs when your best players don’t play well. The Tampa Bay Lightning know that well after last year’s debacle. So far in this postseason, the Lightning’s best players have been their best players and this was no exception against the Bruins.

Brayden Point led the way with 8 points. He’s have a marvelous postseason and I think it’s safe to say everyone’s well aware of how darn good he is. Point’s also having a strong postseason as far as his two-way play. The Lightning are outscoring teams 15-7 when he’s on the ice. That’s a good recipe for winning.

Ondrej Palat has always been a bit underrated, but he was brilliant against the Bruins. He provided so many big goals during the series and led the team in goals with five. Nikita Kucherov struggled last year, but he looked like the guy who won the Hart Trophy last season against the Bruins with two goals and seven points in five games.

Victor Hedman was at the top of his game against the Bruins. He showed why he’s always in the Norris Trophy discussion, making an impact throughout the series and scoring four goals, including the series winner in Game 5. And of course, Vasilevskiy was brilliant.

Tampa has so many great players. When all of them are clicking, they are a very difficult team to beat. They’ve all been clicking so far this postseason, which makes their depth even more lethal.