Patrice Bergeron scored 1:26 into overtime to give Boston a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night and lift the Bruins to a 2-0 lead in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Andrew Raycroft stopped 25 shots, and Michael Nylander also scored for the Bruins. Jose Theodore made 17 saves, and Patrice Brisebois had the Canadiens' only goal. Bergeron and Nylander teamed up on Boston's other goal, too.
"In our dressing room, I don't know if anyone looks at him [Bergeron] as a rookie. Both him and Andrew [Nylander], they have a certain maturity level,'' Bruins coach Mike Sullivan said.
The best-of-seven series moves to Montreal for Games 3 and 4 on Sunday and Tuesday.
"This was our best effort. We should be proud of ourselves the way we played," Montreal forward Alex Kovalev said. "Now we have the home advantage and if we play like we did, we should be OK."
Avalanche 5, Stars 2
In Denver, Colorado's top line of Peter Forsberg, Alex Tanguay and Milan Hejduk combined for two goals and four assists, lifting the Avalanche over Dallas.
Forsberg and Tanguay scored for the second straight game and had an assist each, and Hejduk added two assists to give Colorado a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven-series. Joe Sakic also scored for the second straight game and Dan Hinote added a goal.
The Stars who got goals from Mike Modano and Chris Therien.
Flames 2, Canucks 1
In Vancouver, British Columbia, Jarome Iginla and Matthew Lombardi scored 50 seconds apart in the first period, and Miikka Kiprusoff made 25 saves as Calgary evened its first-round playoff series with Vancouver.
The Flames' first playoff win since 1995 gave them home-ice advantage in the best-of-seven Western Conference series.
Markus Naslund scored and Dan Cloutier made 22 saves for the Canucks, who had won seven straight, six in the regular season and the series opener against Calgary on Wednesday.
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