BOSTON — It definitely wasn’t fairly at occasions, however the Bruins pulled off an extra time victory towards the Calgary Flames on Thursday evening.
The Bruins and Flames traded targets within the opening interval, however then Boston scored twice within the second body to take a 3-1 lead into the ultimate 20 minutes of regulation.
Calgary didn’t fold. They pushed again with two targets of their very own within the third interval to pressure extra time. The Black and Gold have been decided to not lose the additional level and Brad Marchand scored the game-winning aim with 20 seconds left of three-on-three play.
“We caught with it,” Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm mentioned. “Clearly, we don’t need to surrender a 3-1 lead within the third, however we discovered a method to win a hockey sport and that’s onerous on this league. So, I’ll attempt to deal with the positives right here.”
Lindholm opened the scoring for the Bruins with a first-period strike from newly reunited Czech mates David Pastrnark and Pavel Zacha.
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“I really feel actually good about my sport,” Lindholm mentioned. “It’s good to get put on the market in conditions to succeed and it makes it enjoyable for me. Really feel that reward and clearly, get a aim, is all the time a superb feeling.”
Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery praised Lindholm not just for the aim but additionally for his general efficiency within the sport.
“I believed Hampus was actually skating. I believed he was on his toes tonight,” Montgomery mentioned. “The actually good factor, when Hampus is enjoying very well, and that aim is an ideal instance, is he’s shifting his toes within the impartial zone, he’s shifting it north, and he’s leaping into the offensive zone to help the play. That means it’s simpler for the defensemen to be uncovered.”
Not solely did Pastrnak and Zacha join on the Lindholm aim, however the duo additionally helped generate among the Bruins’ finest scoring possibilities and Zacha scored his first five-on-five aim of the season.
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“They performed very well,” Montgomery mentioned. “I believed that line was our greatest offensive line.”
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Listed here are extra notes from Thursday’s Bruins-Flames sport:
— Marchand now has 21 extra time targets in his profession, which is essentially the most in franchise historical past and third-most amongst all NHL gamers behind Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby. The sport-winner was the 79th of his profession and ranks him third in Bruins historical past, trailing solely Johnny Bucyk (88) and Patrice Bergeron (81).
— Zacha’s second aim of the season was his three hundredth NHL level. He joined linemate Pastrnak, Tomas Hertl and Ondrej Palat because the fourth lively participant born in Czechia with 300 factors.
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— Cole Koepke joined Charlie Coyle and Matt Poitras on the third line and tallied his fourth aim of the season to increase the Bruins result in 3-1 within the third interval. Coyle earned his first help of the season when he arrange Koepke’s tally.
“So long as I’m enjoying the suitable means and creating alternatives, getting alternatives, that’s what I fear about. … I’m not likely too nervous about particular person stuff,” Coyle mentioned. “I need to play the suitable means for my group, be sure I’m on the suitable aspect of the puck, and decide my spots when to go and discover that steadiness too.”
— The Bruins will look to construct on the extra time win after they host former teammate Linus Ullmark and the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
The matchup may characteristic Boston’s former formidable goalie tandem — Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman — dealing with one another for the primary time for the reason that former was traded to the Senators within the offseason, or Ullmark may presumably face the goalie the Bruins acquired within the commerce — Korpisalo.
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Puck drop from TD Backyard is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET and you may watch the sport, plus an hour of pre- and postgame protection on NESN.
