Tuukka Rask returned between the poles of Boston

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Goalkeeper Tuukka Rask made his debut among the poles of the Boston Bruins in the final tournament of the hockey NHL league on Wednesday. Boston bowed to Tampa Bay Lightning 2-3.

Boston have lost both games in the Eastern Conference standings. The Bruins suffered a 1-4 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers last Sunday. Boston is still facing the Washington Capitals. In the ranking series, positions 1-4 on the Eastern playoff chart will be decided.

Rask was sidelined from a Philadelphia loss due to illness. He blocked 32 shots on Wednesday.

– Felt good. There was a lot of activity. It felt normal. I moved well. The legs were fine. This was the first really my game a couple of months, so I’m pretty happy with how things felt, Rask Boston told the website.

Actually, it was almost five months from that previous real game.

Boston won the NHL regular season and would have gone into the playoffs from the league’s all-season spike in the “normal season”. Due to the exception system, the Bruins may now be even fourth on the East chart.

– I really don’t care where we end up. If you want to go far in the playoffs, then you have to beat all the teams anyway. We just have to focus on our own game and try to improve it for Sunday and next week, Rask said on the NHL website.

Rask surrendered in the opening round twice every three minutes. Boston still climbed alongside with goals from defender Charlie McAvoy and Chris Wagner, who hit early in the final. However, the Bruins were disappointed when Tyler Johnson hit the rebound of Rask, who came from Yanni Gourde’s shot, 87 seconds before the final buzzer.

Still playing without captain Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay have won both of their matches. Lightning previously beat the Capitals at the end of a winning shot contest. Tampa Bay will still face Philadelphia on Saturday.

BOSTON – TAMPA BAY 2-3 (0-2.1-0.1-1)

0-1 Brayden Point (Nikita Kucherov, Ondrej Palat) 7:33

0-2 Alex Killorn (Victor Hedman, Tyler Johnson) yv 10:32

1-2 Charlie McAvoy (Torey Krug, Patrice Bergeron) 36:43

2-2 Chris Wagner (Zdeno Chara, Sean Kuraly) 41:47

2-3 Tyler Johnson (Yanni Gourde, Alex Killorn) 58:33

Goalkeepers

BOS: Tuukka Rask 35 shots / 32 fights

TB: Andrei Vasilevskiy 27/25

Tuukka Rask, Boston 35 shots / 32 fights

Urho Horizontal, Boston not in lineup