Dwayne Roloson

Based on pregame warmups: Milan Lucic-David Krejci-Tyler Seguin Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Rich Peverley Benoit Pouliot-Chris Kelly-Brian Rolston Jordan Caron-Gregory Campbell-Shawn Thornton Zdeno Chara-Dennis Seidenberg Andrew Ference-Johnny Boychuk Greg Zanon-Adam McQuaid Tim Thomas Marty Turco * Dwayne Roloson (11-14-2, 3.65 GAA, .885 save percentage) will start in goal for the Lightning. @GlobeFluto

Zdeno Chara is still going strong more than 1,000 games into his brilliant career. Boston's star defenseman was honored before the game for reaching that milestone then assisted on three goals to help the surging Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Tuesday night. "Everything he did was simple, efficient, and he was rock solid," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "Obviously, this was a special night for him and he wanted to make sure that everything he did was good and positive.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed goalie Mathieu Garon and right wing Michel Ouellet. The free-agent deals were announced on Friday. Garon agreed to a two-year, $2.6 million deal and will be the backup to Dwayne Roloson, who is returning to the Lightning on a one-year, $3 million contract signed Thursday. Garon was 10-14-6 record last season with Columbus. Ouellet got a one-year, two-way contract. He spent the past two seasons playing in Europe. The Lightning signed right wing Brett Connolly, their 2010 first-round draft pick, to a three-year, entry-level contract.

BOSTON (AP) — Zdeno Chara is still going strong more than 1,000 games into his brilliant career. Boston's star defenseman was honored before the game for reaching that milestone then assisted on three goals to help the surging Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Tuesday night. ‘‘Everything he did was simple, efficient, and he was rock solid," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. ‘‘Obviously, this was a special night for him and he wanted to make sure that everything he did was good and positive.

Matt Hendricks and Alexander Semin scored shootout goals to give Washington a 6-5 win over Tampa Bay on Monday night in the teams' first meeting since the Lightning swept the Capitals in four games in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs last season. The Capitals have won their first two games — one in overtime and the second in a shootout. Tampa Bay, which is playing its first five games on the road, has lost two of three. Hendricks was the first shooter in the shootout and he beat Dwayne Roloson, and after Nate Thompson and Dominic Moore failed to cover for the...

Dominic Moore scored the shootout winner to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 win over the Panthers last night in Sunrise, Fla. Ryan Malone, Steven Stamkos, and Teddy Purcell also scored for the Lightning. Dwayne Roloson stopped all 29 shots he faced after coming in to relieve Mathieu Garon. Brian Campbell, Tomas Kopecky, and Mike Santorelli scored goals for the Panthers, who squandered a 3-0 lead and suffered their third straight shootout loss. Flames 2, Avalanche 1 - Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 32 shots and Mark Giordano and Curtis Glencross each had a goal as Calgary beat Colorado in Denver.

Nick Foligno scored 15:33 into the third period, Zack Smith added two goals, and the Ottawa Senators extended Tampa Bay's losing streak to four games with a 4-2 win over the Lightning on Monday night. Daniel Alfredsson scored his sixth goal — the 395th of his NHL career — at 8:58 to tie it at 2. The Ottawa captain also earned an assist when Foligno gave the Senators a 3-2 lead, coming out from behind the net to tuck the puck past goalie Dwayne Roloson Smith, who scored late in the second to tie it at 1, made it a two-goal lead when he scored his eighth...

at TD Garden (2010-11 statistics) ■ When: Tonight, 7. ■TV, radio: NESN, WBZ-FM (98.5). ■Goals: Steven Stamkos 45, Martin St. Louis 31, Vincent Lecavalier 25. ■Assists: St. Louis 68, Stamkos 46, Teddy Purcell 34. ■Goaltending: Dwayne Roloson (18-12-4, 2.56 GAA), Mathieu Garon (10-14-6, 2.72). ■Head to head: The Bruins won last year's season series, 3-1, and defeated the Lightning in seven games in the Eastern Conference finals.

Here's how well things are going for the Anaheim Ducks this season: They bring up journeyman Shawn Thornton from the minors, and he scores 57 seconds into his first game back in the NHL. Thornton netted his first goal since the 2003-04 season, Teemu Selanne added his team-high 16th goal and an assist in the third period, and league-leading Anaheim beat the Capitals, 6-1, last night at Washington for its seventh victory in eight games. Thornton was brought up from Portland of the AHL for the second time this season.

Jamie Langenbrunner tied the game late in regulation and scored with a minute left in overtime as the New Jersey Devils extended their season-high winning streak to eight games with a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins last night in Newark. Bobby Holik and Brendan Shanahan also scored for New Jersey. Sidney Crosby, Maxime Talbot, and Evgeni Malkin scored for Pittsburgh, which blew a two-goal lead in the final 8:01. The win was the second straight in overtime for the Devils, who forced the extra session with 1:45 left in a win over the Bruins Thursday night, with...

Based on pregame warmups: Milan Lucic-David Krejci-Tyler Seguin Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Rich Peverley Benoit Pouliot-Chris Kelly-Brian Rolston Jordan Caron-Gregory Campbell-Shawn Thornton Zdeno Chara-Dennis Seidenberg Andrew Ference-Johnny Boychuk Greg Zanon-Adam McQuaid Tim Thomas Marty Turco * Dwayne Roloson (11-14-2, 3.65 GAA, .885 save percentage) will start in goal for the Lightning. @GlobeFluto

Martin St. Louis scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, Steven Stamkos notched his team-record 53rd goal and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 on Monday night. Ryan Malone and J.T. Wyman also had goals to help the Lightning win their third straight game. It's a little too late for Tampa, which is 11th in the Eastern Conference and seven points out of a playoff spot with seven games remaining. Wayne Simmonds, Matt Read and Scott Hartnell scored Philadelphia's goals.

Teddy Purcell scored in the sixth round of a shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Thursday night. Steven Stamkos and Martin St. Louis also scored in the extra session, helping the Lightning win the shootout 3-2. Ladislav Smid pulled Edmonton even at 2 with 3:47 left in regulation with his first goal in 38 games, coming from the low left circle off a nice pass by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Tom Pyatt scored twice for Tampa Bay, and Dwayne Roloson made 34 saves.

The Buffalo Sabres are making a serious push for a postseason berth. Marcus Foligno and Jason Pominville each scored twice and the Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-3 Monday night. "We were able to capitalize on a couple of rushes and made some good plays on our power play," Pominville said. "When they have to change their game plan and open the game up, I think it falls into our style of play. We've got guys that have speed and can make you pay, and we did. " Foligno had two of Buffalo's four second-period goals, helping the Sabres take a 6-2 lead.

Jaroslav Halak made 22 saves, Jaden Schwartz scored his first NHL goal, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 on Saturday night. Halak had an in-close stop on league goals leader Steven Stamkos in the first, and made a glove save on Brett Connolly during a second-period breakaway. Schwartz, taken 14th overall in the 2010 entry draft and making his NHL debut, put St. Louis up 2-0 from just outside the crease on the power play with 35.5 seconds left in the first.

James Reimer made 34 saves, taking a shutout into the final minute, and the Toronto Maple Leafs snapped a five-game skid with a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night. Reimer stopped a number of good scoring chances, including shots by Brett Connolly, Martin St. Louis and Nate Thompson during the first. The goalie also turned aside two in-close shots by league goals leader Steven Stamkos in the second. St. Louis spoiled Reimer's shutout bid with 26 seconds left.

Mike Richards and Jeff Carter scored two goals apiece and rookie David Laliberte and Scott Hartnell also tallied, leading the Flyers to a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning last night in Philadelphia. Steven Stamkos and James Halpern scored for Tampa Bay. The Flyers (7-4-1) have scored 12 goals in the last two games, and won for the fourth time in their last six. Goalie Ray Emery stopped 26 shots. Despite leading the team in goals this season, Richards had gone six games without scoring.

Brian Elliott stopped 19 shots, and defenseman Kris Russell scored in his St. Louis debut to lead the Blues to a 3-0 win over Tampa Bay on Saturday night. St. Louis improved to 5-0-1 in its last six home games. The Blues have earned five points in three games under new coach Ken Hitchcock, who replaced Davis Payne on Sunday. Tampa Bay had a three-game winning streak snapped. Russell, acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday, netted his third goal of the season late in the first period.

Alex Ovechkin scored on a wrist shot at 4:09 of overtime, and the Washington Capitals came back to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 Thursday night, snapping a three-game losing streak. Ovechkin is a two-time NHL MVP mired in his poorest season. He celebrated the end of his three-game point drought by racing over to leap into the boards after taking Dmitry Orlov's assist and netting the 12th overtime goal of his career. Washington trailed 2-1 late in the third period, before Marcus Johansson forced overtime by scoring with 3:58 left.

Once Evgeni Malkin got angry, the game really got out of hand. Malkin had his ninth career hat trick, Jordan Staal added two goals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins won for the fifth time in seven games by routing the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning, 8-1, yesterday. Chris Kunitz, Matt Cooke, and Pascal Dupuis also scored, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 34 saves for Pittsburgh, which has won eight of nine home games and leapfrogged the Devils in the crowded middle of the Eastern Conference playoff pack.