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.

The Lightning will close out their first back-to-back of the week on Tuesday, before heading to Chicago and Detroit to complete one more. Tampa Bay is coming off a 5-3 loss on Monday to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning take on the Toronto Maple Leafs in a matchup within the Atlantic Division Monday. Toronto is 29-16-2 overall with a 10-4-1 record against the Atlantic Division. The Maple Leafs have gone 12-5-1 in games they convert at least one power play.

Lightning's Brayden Point scored with 36 seconds left in regulation in a 4-1 win over the Bruins, his 600th career NHL point.

The Tampa Bay Lightning look to defend their two-point lead over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday without star forward Brayden Point in the lineup. Tampa Bay announced that Point will be scratched from the game because he missed a team meeting. "Update: Brayden Point will not play tonight due to missing a team meeting," the team said on X.

Brayden Point reached 600 career points with a power-play ... The Lightning moved past the Bruins into third place in the Atlantic Division. Mason Lohrei scored for Boston, and Jeremy Swayman made 27 saves. The Bruins are 0-5-1 in their last six.

Lightning star winger Nikita Kucherov, minus-3 on the night, was trying to make a pass at the Toronto blue line, but his turnover led to a breakaway for William Nylander that he buried for his 28th goal of the season and a 2-0 Toronto lead.

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The Red Wings got on the scoreboard with a power-play one-timer from Lucas Raymond late in period two. Raddysh’s power-play goal from the top of the setup extended the Lightning lead on a play in which Kucherov earned his 600th NHL assist.

Tampa Bay Lightning (25-16-3, in the Atlantic Division ... Nikita Kucherov has 21 goals and 46 assists for the Lightning. Brayden Point has scored four goals with two assists over the past ...

(WJAR) — Brayden Point reached 600 career points ... The Lightning moved past the Bruins into third place in the Atlantic Division. Mason Lohrei scored for Boston, and Jeremy Swayman made ...

The Lightning begin the first night of their four-game roadtrip in a Monday night game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Three of the Lightning’s next four games are Atlantic Division matchups, and with a 3-6-0 divisional record thus far,