Even though a recent report saying the Boston Bruins are an un-unified team was already deemed baseless, Trent Frederic completely dispelled it with just a few punches.

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David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists and Parker Wotherspoon scored his first NHL goal to help the Boston Bruins open a four-goal lead and hold on to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2.

The Lightning played without their leading goal-scorer, top center Brayden Point, who was scratched for missing a team meeting prior to the morning skate. It forced the team to scramble just to get enough players to fill its roster, recalling 22-year-old forward Jack Finley from AHL Syracuse to make his NHL debut as the 12th forward.

Boston Bruins forward Mark Kastelic suffered an upper-body injury during the club's Jan. 9 contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning and has not played since. This was after he was cross-checked in the head by Lightning defenseman Emil Lilleberg. Kastelic also dropped the gloves with him following it.

Bruins forward Mark Kastelic was cross-checked in the mouth toward the end of last week's 4-1 loss to the Lightning in Tampa Bay ... Bruins forward Trent Frederic dropped the gloves for a fight ...

Coach Jon Cooper told media postgame that slow starts plagued his team throughout the three-game road trip that ended Tuesday—Tampa Bay trailed in all three games against the New Jersey Devils, Pittsburgh Penguins and Bruins despite finishing the trip with a 1-1-1 record.

BOS 2, TBL 0 9:30 Parker Wotherspoon (1) - David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha Boston doubled its lead on defenseman Parker Wotherspoon’s first NHL goal. Boston forward David Pastrnak took the puck to the right faceoff circle before feeding the defenseman at the left circle, where the latter scored on his shot.

Under duress from Charlie Coyle, Victor Hedman lost the puck just inside his left point position and Poitras pounced on it, bursting up ice on a 2-on-1. He smartly waited out Nick Perbix’s belly-flop slide and made a pretty pass around the defenseman’s skates to Trent Frederic for a redirection at 4:24, Frederic’s seventh of the year.

with the Bruins welcoming Tampa Bay to TD Garden on Tuesday evening. And with Kastelic still on the mend due to an upper-body injury, it was fellow scrapper Trent Frederic who answered the bell ...

The Maple Leafs need a centre and will try to get one before the March 7 NHL trade deadline. Who makes sense? Jonas and CJ weigh in.

The Boston Bruins find themselves holding the second Eastern Conference wild card spot. Given the narrow gap, the margin for error is slim and there is a good chance they miss the playoffs.