In Boston, the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning took a 2-0 lead in the middle frame on the Bruins.
Boston replied with a pair of goals in the second period to knot the game, 2-2.
After a scoreless third period, and extra session, Braden Point was credited with the game-winner on penalties.
“I went with a deke, and [Ullmark] makes a good save on it. It’s kind of unfortunate, fortunate for me, that he kind of banks it in his own net,” Point said.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 35 saves in the win.
The Lightning improved to 29-20-5.
“The guys dug in, but it was tough in the third,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “We took three minors, and so we just couldn’t really get anything going, but you got to tip your hat to the penalty kill. They were huge for us, and then ‘The Big Cat’ (Vasilevskiy) was ‘The Big Cat.’ He saved our skin a couple times, especially in overtime there.”
Tampa took a 1-0 lead in the opening stanza on a strike from Erik Cernak, his first of the campaign, at 3:21. The goal came off a shot from the right circle.
“I think we worked hard and we battled hard,” Tampa Bay’s Victor Hedman said. “We knew they were going to push after last game (Boston lost 3-0 to the Washington Capitals on Saturday). A special game, too, so we knew they were going to give us their best, and we were able to withstand them and come away with two points.”
Nikita Kucherov pushed the advantage to 2-0 in the middle frame when scored off the power play at 1:06. The shot also came from the right circle.
Boston dropped to 32-11-10.
“They scored that second goal, we still felt like we were going to be able to come back in this game, and we did,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “Sometimes you lose games in this League and you feel like you deserve better, and that’s going to happen. I was proud of our effort. Our power play needs to come through for us there. Can’t go 0-for-6. That’s an area that we have to look at right now.”
The Bruins rallied in the second period to tie the game.
“I think we were much better, to our standard,” Boston’s David Pastrnak said. “Playing the way we know we can, so definitely some positives to take [away]. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to get the [win], and that’s the way it goes sometimes. But I think as a team [it was] a pretty good game.”
Charlie McAvoy trimmed the deficit to 2-1 at 2:04 of the second.
James Van Riemsdyk got the Bruins even, 2-2, when he scored from the ever popular right circle. 
Linus Ullmark made 23 saves in the loss.
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