Brad Scott bristled at claims of snubbing Western Bulldogs whiz kid Marcus Bontempelli in the AFL Coaches Association award.Coaches from both teams vote after every AFL game, awarding a total of 10 votes on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis.Bontempelli laid nine tackles, tallied 19 possessions and booted a goal in the Bulldogs 14-point win over North Melbourne.The 20-year-old, who North tried to intimidate physically throughout the contest, was awarded a total of five votes from the game.News Corp Australia reported all five came from the Bulldogs, speculating North coach Scott could have been influenced by comments Bontempelli made earlier this year regarding Lindsay Thomas.Scott wouldnt confirm how he voted but made it clear he thought the Bulldogs defenders were more influential than Bontempelli.Theyre confidential - I cant tell you, Scott said on Wednesday.But it was a 14-point game; our midfield (had) more clearances and more contested possessions.We thought our midfield was OK, but we thought the Bulldogs defenders were exceptional. So you dont have to be too smart to work out where we apportioned our votes.Bontempelli was good but there were nine players who got votes.To suggest there was a snub is just so far off the mark its laughable.Regarding the report, Scott noted someone either made it up and its wrong, or theres been a breach (of confidentiality.But its not a big issue. Its a tiny issue in the scheme of things, he said.If you did a little bit deeper, youll work it out - thats all I will say.Bontempelli trails leader Patrick Dangerfield by 21 votes in the race for the Coaches Association award.AFLCA leaderboard after round 20:99 - Patrick Dangerfield (Geel)93 - Rory Sloane (Adel)84 - Dustin Martin (Rich)78 - Marcus Bontempelli (WB)73 - Joel Selwood (Geel)AFLCA votes from Bulldogs v North:8 Matthew Boyd (WB)5 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)5 Easton Wood (WB)3 Luke Dahlhaus (WB)3 Jason Johannisen (WB)2 Tory Dickson (WB)2 Jamie Macmillan (North)1 Ben Cunnington (North)1 Fletcher Roberts (WB) Nike Air Max 1 Dames . 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Plane rides are a lot better back.The Lightning got two goals from Tyler Johnson. Victor Hedman had the other Tampa Bay goal in the teams first home game since a 3-3 trip.Clearly, its troublesome, coach Jon Cooper said about Tampa Bay falling behind 2-0. I thought when the guys got their legs, I thought they played well enough to win the game.Johnson redirected Braydon Coburns shot past Rask to tie it 3-all 10:04 into the third period. The goal stood after a video review showed Johnson didnt score with a high stick.Rask stopped 27 shots. He has Bostons longest winningg streak to begin a season since Tim Thomas went 8-0 in 2010-11.ddddddddddddCarlo beat Vasilevskiy from along the goal line at 4:01 of the first before Spooner made it 2-0 on the Bruins third power-play goal of the season with 9:13 left in the period. Tampa Bay challenged that Boston was offside before Spooners goal, but a video review proved inconclusive.Cooper thought the play was offside.We shouldnt have been down 2-0, he said.Vasilevskiy made 28 saves.Hedman scored on a power play late in the first.After a video review determined that Tampa Bays Ondrej Palat illegally kicked the puck into the net early in the second, Pastrnaks sixth goal gave Boston a 3-1 lead 3 minutes later.Johnsons power-play goal pulled Tampa Bay to 3-2 midway through the second.Game notes Tampa Bay LW Jonathan Drouin, who took a high hit Tuesday night from New York Islanders D Calvin de Haan, didnt play. ... Pastrnak returned after serving a two-game suspension for an illegal hit last week. ... Tampa Bay RW Nikita Kucherov had an assist and has five points over his last two games. ... Bruins D Torey Krug set up Spooners goal for his first point this season.UP NEXTBruins: Start a two-game homestand Saturday night against the New York Rangers.Lightning: Host the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night to complete a two-game homestand. ' ' '