Lightning, Bruins goalies fight during Stadium Series matchup

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins started the period of February with a goalie combat during their Stadium Series matchup astatine the location of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

In the 2nd period, with the Lightning down 3 goals, Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman challenged Lightning prima Andrei Vasilevskiy arsenic some teams were breaking retired into a scrum anyway. Both players threw down their gloves and their helmets and the doorbell rang.

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Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman (1) and Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) onshore punches during a goalie combat successful the 2nd play during the Winter Classic Stadium Series crippled betwixt the Boston Bruins and the Tampa Bay Lightning connected Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026 astatine Raymond James Stadium successful Tampa, Florida. (Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Vasilevskiy got ahold of Swayman and threw a mates of shots with his left. Swayman went down to 1 genu and the referees broke up the skirmish.

The Lightning credited the goalie combat with helping them get backmost into the crippled arsenic they came backmost to triumph 6-5 contempt being down 5-2 erstwhile the combat occurred.

"He was throwing lefts. I was like, 'Oh my God.' I didn't privation to beryllium the different guy," Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov told reporters, via ESPN. "I was truthful happy. I was truthful fired up. I deliberation the seat felt it. Everyone successful the gathering felt it. Ever since that fight, the crippled was turned. Vasy had to bash it, I guess. He had to aftermath america up."

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Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) hugs Boston Bruins close helping David Pastrnak aft the Lightning defeated the Bruins during a shootout successful a Stadium Series NHL hockey crippled Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, successful Tampa, Florida. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Kucherov added, "I knew helium was going to bushed the wheels disconnected of Swayman close away. We telephone him 'White Tyson' now."

Brandon Hagel echoed Kucherov’s words, saying the combat was a "big turning constituent successful the game."

It was the archetypal goalie combat successful outdoor crippled history, which occurred successful beforehand of an announced assemblage of 64,617 astatine Raymond James Stadium. Kucherov tied the crippled successful the 3rd period.

The Lightning won the crippled successful a punishment shootout acknowledgment to goals from Kucherov, Gage Goncalves and Jake Guentzel.

Tampa Bay Lightning near helping Brandon Hagel (38) celebrates with the seat aft his extremity against the Boston Bruins during the archetypal play of a Stadium Series NHL hockey crippled Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, successful Tampa, Florida. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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Tampa Bay’s triumph was the largest comeback triumph successful franchise past and the largest successful an NHL outdoor game. The Lightning moved to 35-14-4 and the Bruins fell to 32-20-4.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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