Kuraly's 2nd goal of game lifts Bruins past Senators in 2OT .

Sean Kuraly's second goal of the sport at 10:19 of the second overtime gave the Beantown Bruins a 3-2 convince the Ottawa Senators in Game five on Fri night, avoiding elimination within the first-round series.

David Pastrnak conjointly scored and Tuukka philologist finished with forty one saves to assist the Bruins rally from 2 goals down early within the period of play and cut the Senators' result in 3-2 within the best-of-seven series.

Paste yourOn the winning goal, Charlie McAvoy's shot from the proper purpose was tipped by David Backes then hit Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson's skate before of goalie Craig Anderson, and Kuraly backhanded it in.

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Mark Stone and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored for the Senators, and Craig Anderson stopped thirty six shots.

The Bruins had the most effective possibilities to finish the sport within the 1st overtime once they went on an influence play on Clarke MacArthur's high-sticking penalty. Then, Noel Acciari's apparent goal waved off at 14:25 owing to goalie interference once Kuraly tripped over Anderson. The Bruins challenged the decision to no avail.

The Senators had 2 nice possibilities to require the lead within the third because the Bruins took a delay of game and a too several men penalty within the final half dozen minutes of the amount, however Ottawa managed simply 2 shots on goal. text here and click on "Next" to observe this text reviser do it's issue.

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Trailing 2-0, Brad Marchand helped cut the lead in half when he took the puck behind the Senators net and made a cross-crease pass to Pastrnak, who beat Anderson short side at 8:40 of the second.

Kuraly tied it with his first-ever NHL goal on a bank shot from the side of the net with 2:55 left in the middle period.

Ottawa scored just 30 seconds into the period to push their lead to 2-0 when the Bruins defense was caught flat-footed. Pageau was able to break in alone and beat Rask through the legs.

The Senators took a 1-0 lead in the first period when Mike Hoffman made a great pass to Stone, who slipped behind the Bruins defense and beat Rask on the backhand.

An already depleted Bruins lineup took another hit as David Krejci left the game late in the first after a collision with Chris Wideman.

NOTES: C Chris Kelly was in the Senators lineup for first time, replacing the injured Tom Pyatt. ... Ottawa D Mark Borowiecki (lower body, day-to-day). RW Chris Neil, C Tommy Wingels were healthy scratches. ... The Bruins remained without defensemen Adam McQuaid (upper body), Torey Krug (lower body) and Brandon Carlo (upper body). C Ryan Spooner was scratched as he wasn't 100 percent.

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