Bruins beat Lightning to end strong trip

Glen Murray had two goals to lead the Boston Bruins past the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-3 on Saturday night.

Murray put the Bruins ahead 3-2 with a backhanded shot off a rebound during a 5-on-3 power play with 1:35 left in the second. The right wing made it 4-2 on a fluke goal 17 seconds into the third. Murray's shot from the slot was stopped by Lightning goalie Johan Holmqvist, but Tampa Bay defenseman Paul Ranger accidentally kicked the loose puck into the net.

Milan Lucic, Mark Stuart and P.J. Axelsson also scored for the Bruins, who remain sixth in the Eastern Conference. Boston finished a five-game road trip with a 4-0-1 mark.

Bruins goalie Alex Auld stopped Martin St. Louis twice on breakaways in the second.

Tampa Bay, which has lost four in a row and are last in the Eastern Conference, got goals from Mathieu Darche, Michel Ouellet and Vinny Prospal. Several Lightning players, including Brad Richards, might be dealt by Tuesday's trade deadline.

Prospal's power-play goal cut the Lightning's deficit to 4-3 with 2:16 to play in the third. Tampa Bay got another power-play chance with 1:27 to go, but Axelsson scored a short-handed goal 23 seconds later.

Darche put the Lightning up 1-0 with a short-handed goal from the low slot off a pass from Vincent Lecavalier at 4:43 of the first. It was his first goal in 33 games.

Lucic tied it at 1 with a power-play goal with 5:32 left in the first.

Boston took a 2-1 lead at 5:08 of the second when Stuart stopped a 21-game goal-scoring drought from the left point. Ouellet pulled the Lightning even at 2 at 11:12.

Holmqvist made a diving glove save on Marco Sturm just before Murray's goal in the second.

Notes:@ Bruins RW Chuck Kobasew didn't play due to a groin injury. He could return in a few days. ... Lecavalier has 24 assists and 40 points in 35 games against Boston.