Bruins
BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand scored on a backhand off his own rebound with 20 seconds left in extra time to provide the Bruins a 4-3 victory over the Flames on Thursday night.
It was Marchand's second OT winner of the season and he cashed in a penalty he committed that led to an influence play goal in the primary minute of the third period.
Hampus Lindholm, Pavel Zacha and Cole Koepke scored the opposite goals for Boston, and David Pastrnak had two assists. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 34 shots for the Bruins.
Calgary received goals from Tyson Barrie, Yegor Sharangovich and Nazem Kadri. The Flames trailed the Bruins 3-1 early within the third period before Sharangovich scored on a person advantage and Kadri tied it at 9:55.
Dustin Wolf made 34 saves for the Flames.
Takeaways
Flames: Calgary opened the season with 4 straight wins but has won just three in its last 10 games.
Bruins: Korpisalo began in goal for the fifth time this season and is now 3-2.
Key moment
With a shootout looming, Boston's Elias Lindholm forced a turnover along the boards, which led to Marchand scoring his fourth goal of the season and the Bruins' third extra time win.
Key statistics
After hitting the post twice in regulation time, Marchand scored the twenty first game-winning goal of his profession in extra time.
Next
The Flames complete a three-game series at Buffalo on Saturday, the identical day the Bruins complete a two-game home series against Ottawa.
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