“We were definitely sloppy with the puck on our stick,” defenseman Ryan McDonagh said. “Turnovers were an all-time high for us in the season, but in the end, we got outworked, if we’ve really looking at the big picture here, and there’s a team that simply came in and worked harder than us, and that’s the disappointing thing for sure.”

The Tampa Bay Lightning are a team to watch because of their salary cap situation at the upcoming NHL trade deadline.

A day after trading away several key contributors to their franchise's sustained success, including 36-year-old captain Brad Marchand, the Boston Bruins got off to a good start in their new era with a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday,