Krejci himself gave a reserved reaction.
“I didn’t see the replay, but I felt (Stamkos) went straight on my stick before the puck hit the ice,” Krejci said, as seen on the after-release cover. NESN game. “I’ve been kicked out for that I don’t know how many times. I don’t want to blame the referee. That’s what I felt, but I haven’t seen it yet.
Again, the dot would be erased minutes later, but was undoubtedly suspicious both then and in retrospect.
Here are more notes from Thursday’s Bruins-Lightning game:
–Boston lost just its sixth regulation game on Tuesday, giving the Bruins the rare opportunity to try to bounce back from a narrow loss.
“It was a great game, wasn’t it?” said Montgomery. “I thought it was back and forth all night. I think the biggest difference, and this is where we can grow, is that there were some details about the goals against which we made mistakes in the way we want to play things.
” It’s an opportunity. That’s the difference in the playoffs, and it was a playoff-type game. You have to perform in the big moments and tonight unfortunately we didn’t. It’s an opportunity for us to learn, grow and improve.
– The Lightning earned their 11th straight home win with the win, capturing a new franchise record. Tampa Bay moved to 19-0-0 this season as they led after one period.