TAMPA – David Pastrnak scored two early goals for the Boston Bruins in a 5-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Saturday.

Brad Marchand also scored two goals for the Bruins (18-11-2), who have won four of their last five games. Linus Ullmark made 27 saves.

“It’s always fun playing against the best teams in the League because you really have to be sharp and on point in everything you do,” Ullmark said. “It’s a test of your game and your mental toughness. That’s what we play for. We play to be the best, and if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.”

Ondrej Palat and Brayden Point scored for the Lightning (23-9-5), who have lost four of their last six games (2-3-1). Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves.

“They were better than us tonight,” said Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper. “We’ve played them twice now, it’s 1-1 (won 3-2 in overtime Dec 4th). They probably… they were better than us in Boston and they were better than us tonight. a few chances, but when you lose four it’s difficult to get back. “

Pastrnak gave Boston a 1-0 lead 1:11 of the first period with a wrist shot just inside the blue line that deflected Andrej Sustris the skate.

Video: BOS @ TBL: Pastrnak tears up first goal after entering the zone

He then increased the lead to 2-0 at 6:10 am, scoring the rebound of Taylor Roominitial shot of his stick and shot into an open net.

“He’s such a dominant player, I think he stands at a high level,” Marchand said of Pastrnak. “He wants to make a difference every night. He’s such a special talent. We want to see him do well. It’s great to see him play a game like tonight. He shows up in great situations all the time. “

Marchand scored 26 seconds after the start of the second period to make it 3-0. He redirected a slap pass from Mike reilly passed Vasilevskiy’s glove near the right post.

“It feels good, but I don’t think they played their best game tonight,” said Marchand. “We’ve played them a lot in the past, we know when they’re on and when they’re not. So we have to take it like a grain of salt, but it’s definitely something we can continue to build on. We ‘It has improved a lot lately. Since the Christmas holidays we have been playing really good hockey.

Anton Blidh pushed the lead to 4-0 at 14:54 of a second, scoring the small side of the left circle after Oskar Steen overworked Cal Foote for a free washer.

Palat scored 24 seconds in the third period to make it 4-1, converting on a receiving shot after Erik Cernak him hit the puck with one hand on his stick.

“It wasn’t ideal to give up the first goal,” said Cernak. “It wasn’t our night with 50-50 wins. We weren’t sharp enough in our zone.”

Video: BOS @ TBL: Pastrnak scores Hall’s rebound for second goal

The point reduced the score to 4-2 at 11:20, but Marchand shot into an empty net at 17:11 for the 5-2 final.

“There was a lot to like,” Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said. “I think our puck battles… I think a lot of goals were generated by winning pucks against the wall, playing north, minimizing mistakes in terms of easy chances. I guess that’s what I liked the most about our game, we played hard. to play against that type of style tonight. “

REMARKS: Bruins Defender Charlie mcavoy (lower body) missed his second game in a row. … Defender of the Lightning Ryan mcdonagh was a late scratch and is day to day with a lower body injury. … attacking the Bruins Nick foligno left the game in the first half with an apparent leg injury. Cassidy said he would likely miss their game against the Washington Capitals on Monday. … Palat has scored in three consecutive games (four goals, one assist). … Point has scored 10 points (six goals, four assists) in his last seven games. … Hall had two assists and six points (two goals, four assists) in a five game streak with the point.