He had not scored since March 3 once morest Pittsburgh (5-1 defeat). This Friday, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored Tampa Bay’s only goal, but the Lightning lost to the Boston Bruins in overtime (2-1, ap), Charlie Coyle giving the victory to the Massachusetts franchise. With this victory, Boston (5th, 95 points) passes Tampa (6th, 94 points) in the Eastern Conference standings.
Eleven games from the end of the regular season, Bellemare has 18 points (8 goals, 10 assists) four units off his career high (22 points, 9 goals, 13 assists).