BOSTON — The Boston Bruins lost Game 2 to the Columbus Blue Jackets with Matt Duchene’s overtime game-winner coming 3:42 into the extra frame Saturday night in Boston. The tally lifted the Blue Jackets to a 3-2 win and evened the series up at 1-1 heading to Columbus.
The deciding goal came on the power play minutes into the second overtime. Parked in front of the Bruins cage, Duchene collected a rebound off an Artemi Panarin point shot and slipped it through Tuukka Rask’s five-hole.
The initial bid by Panarin was denied by the pad of Rask before Duchene kicked the puck to himself and slid the disc into the cage.
Patrice Bergeron was sitting in the penalty box as the game-winning goal found the back of his team’s net. The veteran center was whistled for tripping 2:59 into the second overtime after he hauled down Seth Jones.
It was the second penalty that the Bruins took in both sudden-death frames. The Blue Jackets were not penalized in either overtime.
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Now the series shifts to Columbus with the two teams tied in the series, 1-1. Game 3 will come on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in Nationwide Arena in Ohio.
Bruins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk opened the scoring 7:50 into the contest, wiring a slap shot past Sergei Bobrovsky (29 saves) on the power play. Looking to take advantage of an interference penalty by Columbus’ Josh Anderson, the Bruins went to work on the power play.
Taking a pass from fellow Boston University product Charlie McAvoy, Grzelcyk teed up a shot from the far point, driving his chance on net where it deflected off the bottom of Bobrovsky’s glove and into the cage.
The Blue Jackets would get on the scoreboard twice in the middle frame, with both tallies coming off the stick of Panarin. The Russian native’s first goal came just over a minute into the second period on the power play, while his second snipe of the day came just past the midway point of the period.
His second goal was jaw-dropping, elevating a wrister above the shoulder of Rask (38 saves), who was hugging the near post when Panarin shot from the low, right faceoff dot. The shot snuck over Rask’s shoulder and just underneath the crossbar.
David Pastrnak registered his third goal of the postseason, with the puck ricocheting off his skate and into the net after a feed out front from Charlie Coyle.
That tally came just 58 seconds after the Blue Jackets knotted up the score at 1-1.
Both teams had opportunities to win the contest in the first overtime, but both Rask and Bobrovsky turned in great performances to keep the game tied.
Twice Bergeron was stopped on great chances by Bobrovsky, while Rask came up with a miraculous glove save on Nick Foligno minutes into the first overtime.
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