Staying Alive: Breaking Apart Bruins Game 5 Win
BUFFALO, NY – A familiar connection kept the Boston Bruins’ season alive. The Bruins (2-3) beat the Buffalo Sabres (3-2) […] The post Staying Alive: Breaking Apart Bruins Game 5 Win appeared first on Boston Hockey Now.
Timothy T. Ludwig-Imagn Images BUFFALO, NY – A familiar connection kept the Boston Bruins ’ season alive. The Bruins (2-3) beat the Buffalo Sabres (3-2) in overtime on Tuesday night at KeyBank Center.
Jeremy Swayman made 19 saves and finished with 1. 88 goals saved above expected, and Elias Lindholm scored the game-tying goal in the second period . But David Pastrnak (2) kept the series going, scoring the overtime-winner off a long feed from Hampus Lindholm .
It was the first overtime of the series, and the Bruins’ first playoff overtime since May 4, 2024. On that day, Hampus Lindholm also played a long pass to Pastrnak and sent Boston to the second round. Pastrnak said that they are neighbors and joked that they have a “neighbor connection.
” “Seems like anytime he has the puck and I have [an] opening, I have the confidence that he’s going to find me,” Pastrnak said . “So we have the chemistry, so it’s fun, happy to have connected today. ” Lindholm said the 2024 assist still gives him a jolt going into overtime.