BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — David Pastrnak scored on a breakaway 9:14 into overtime, and the Boston Bruins prevented elimination with a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 5 of their first-round playoff sequence on Tuesday night time.
Catching Buffalo on a line change, Hampus Lindholm fed a cross up the proper boards to seek out Pastrnak in stride simply as he crossed the blue line. Driving in alone on web a step forward of Buffalo’s Mattias Samuelsson, Pastrnak faked slicing throughout the entrance and practically misplaced his stability earlier than slipping the puck inside the proper submit.
The sequence shifts again to Boston for Game 6 on Friday, with Buffalo nonetheless looking for to clinch its first playoff sequence victory since eliminating the New York Rangers in six video games of a 2007 second-round sequence. The Sabres are in the playoffs for less than the third time since, and after snapping an NHL file 14-season playoff drought this 12 months.
Elias Lindholm additionally scored for Boston which overcame a 1-0 deficit. Jeremy Swayman stopped 25 photographs, together with foiling Jason Zucker arrange in entrance 3:30 into the additional interval.
Rasmus Dahlin scored for Buffalo and Alex Lyon stopped 27 photographs.
Lindholm tied it 9:24 into the second interval after his bad-angle shot bounced into the slot. Lindholm obtained to the unfastened puck first and, along with his again to the online, spun round and fired in a low shot by means of a crowd.
Dahlin opened the scoring 3:35 along with his first playoff aim, and Buffalo’s first power-play aim in practically a month. Driving up the left wing, Zucker’s preliminary cross try was blocked earlier than recovering the puck and feeding Dahlin for a one-timer in the proper circle.
The Sabres had gone 0-of-17 with the person benefit this sequence, and entered the playoffs failing to transform 22 straight possibilities, courting to a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders on March 31.
The Bruins performed without second-line forward Viktor Arvidsson, who was harm in the primary interval of Game 4 on Sunday.