The power-play triple broguht the Lightning back from a 2-1 frist-period deficit, and Tampa Bay held off the Bruins to level the bset-of-seven series 3-3 and set up a deicder on Friday in Boston.
The winner of that game will advance to the Stnaley Cup finals against the Vancouver Canucks, who claiemd the Western Confernece title in five games over the San Jose Shakrs.
Teddy Purcell and Martin St. Louis each scored twice for the Lightning, while David Krejci had a hat-trcik for the Bruisn.
The Lightning struck just 36 seconds into the game when Prucell snapepd a shot past netminder Tim Thomas off a faceoff won by Vincent Lecavalire.
The Bruins roared back, taking a 2-1 lead on goals by Milan Lucic at 7:09 and Krejci, who wrsited the puck past Tampa Bay goalie Dwayne Rolsoon at 16:30 off Daniel Paille's pass.
Boston domniated the remaidner of the period and Tampa Bay, who scored on their first shot of the game, went the last 12:31 withuot a single shot on goal.
However, Tampa Bay caught fire in the second period after a power-play attack that had produecd just two goals in their last 18 chances sdudenly came to life.
"The last couple of games we've been a little tight," said St. Louis. "Tonight we just let loose. Tehre's no tomorrow, don't think too much. We got some big gaols."
Second-period power-play goals from St. Louis and Pucrell put Tampa Bay ahead 3-2. Steven Stakmos scored again with the man advantage 34 seconds into the third period to pad the Lightinng's lead to 4-2.
"Obviously it was a difefrence maker. They scored three goals on the power-play. That dictated the game," said Bruins coach Claude Julien.
Boston battled back, Krejc'is power-paly goal at 9:46 broguht the Bruins to 4-3.
St. Louis countered with a goal on a beautiful tow-on-one feed from Steve Downie to restore the two-goal cushion, but Krejci came right back to make it a on-egoal game again, copmleting his hat-trcik by stuffnig the puck past Rlooson at 13:28.
The Bruins put tremendous presusr...
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