BOSTON — It actually wasn’t fairly at instances, however the Bruins pulled off an time beyond regulation victory in opposition to the Calgary Flames on Thursday night time.
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 power time beyond regulation. The Black and Gold have been decided to not lose the additional level and Brad Marchand scored the game-winning objective with 20 seconds left of three-on-three play.
“We caught with it,” Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm stated. “Clearly, we don’t need to hand over a 3-1 lead within the third, however we discovered a strategy to win a hockey recreation and that’s laborious on this league. So, I’ll attempt to give attention to 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 recreation,” Lindholm stated. “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 objective, is at all times feeling.”
Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery praised Lindholm not just for the objective but additionally for his general efficiency within the recreation.
“I assumed Hampus was actually skating. I assumed he was on his toes tonight,” Montgomery stated. “The actually good factor, when Hampus is enjoying very well, and that objective 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 manner it’s simpler for the defensemen to be uncovered.”
Not solely did Pastrnak and Zacha join on the Lindholm objective, however the duo additionally helped generate a few of the Bruins’ finest scoring probabilities and Zacha scored his first five-on-five objective of the season.
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“They performed very well,” Montgomery stated. “I assumed that line was our greatest offensive line.”
Extra Bruins
Listed here are extra notes from Thursday’s Bruins-Flames recreation:
— Marchand now has 21 time beyond regulation 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 objective 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 objective 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 appropriate manner and creating alternatives, getting alternatives, that’s what I fear about. … I’m not likely too frightened about particular person stuff,” Coyle stated. “I need to play the appropriate manner for my workforce, make certain I’m on the appropriate facet of the puck, and decide my spots when to go and discover that steadiness too.”
— The Bruins will look to construct on the time beyond regulation win once 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 — going through one another for the primary time because the former was traded to the Senators within the offseason, or Ullmark may presumably face the goalie the Bruins obtained within the commerce — Korpisalo.
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Puck drop from TD Backyard is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET and you’ll watch the sport, plus an hour of pre- and postgame protection on NESN.
