THE SERIES: The second of four meetings this season. The Lightning trails 10-24-8-1.
KEY INJURIES: Tampa Bay - None; Boston - LW Sergei Samsonov (knee, out).
THE LOWDOWN: The Lightning is 1-14-5-1 at Boston and winless there in its past 19 games (0-13-5-1). ... Tampa Bay's last victory in Boston was April 1994. ... The Lightning has come close to victory in its past three games in Boston, going 0-0-2-1. ... Tampa Bay won this season's first meeting 5-1 opening night in Tampa. ... The Lightning is 3-9-2 in its past 14 games but 3-3-0 in its past six on the road. ... RW Martin St. Louis has three goals and an assist in his past two games. ... The Bruins are 0-4-3 in their past seven at home. ... Entering Monday's game with the Rangers in New York, the Bruins were 0-2-1 in their previous three and 2-6-5-1 in their past 14. ... Boston's power play in that stretch was 4-for-55. ... C Joe Thornton had just two goals in his past 10 games. ... The Bruins had the league's third-worst penalty kill at 80.1 percent. ... C Patrice Bergeron was tied for the lead among rookies with 12 assists, was second with four power-play goals and tied for second with 18 points.
