Pastrnak Scores in OT and Bruins Avoid Elimination with 2-1 Win over Sabres
- On Tuesday, David Pastrnak scored 9:14 into overtime and the Boston Bruins staved off elimination with a 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 5 at KeyBank Center.
- Buffalo struck early when Rasmus Dahlin scored the Sabres' first and only goal less than five minutes into the first period, marking their first power-play conversion after failing to convert 22 straight chances.
- Elias Lindholm tied the game midway through the second period with his second goal of the series, while goaltender Jeremy Swayman made 26 saves to help force overtime.
- Hampus Lindholm set up the game-winning goal, feeding a pass to Pastrnak, who drove in alone past Mattias Samuelsson and slipped the puck inside the right post.
- Game 6 is scheduled for Thursday at Garden in Boston, where Buffalo seeks its first playoff series victory since eliminating the New York Rangers in 2007.
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Det bjöds på dubbla svenskmål och en assist när Boston Bruins reductionade matchserien mot Buffalo Sabres. Hampus Lindholm spelade fram till David Pastrnak som avgjorde för Boston. – Vi är grannar och har en special granrelation, carrier Pastrnak om svensken.
2026 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: 3 Takeaways From Boston Bruins' Game 5 Win Over Buffalo Sabres
BUFFALO — The easiest thing anyone could have done after the Buffalo Sabres embarrassed the Boston Bruins in Game 4 to take a 3-1 series lead was to dismiss the Bruins out of hand and declare the series was over.
Swayman, Pastrnak lift Bruins with season on line
Jeremy Swayman's rock-solid performance in Game 5 against the Sabres on Tuesday night helped the Bruins to a 2-1 overtime win as they staved off first-round elimination and forced a Game 6 back in Boston on Friday.
Bruins beat Sabres in Game 5 on David Pastrnak’s overtime goal to keep first-round playoff series alive - The Boston Globe
Elias Lindholm's unassisted goal in the second period in Buffalo allowed the Bruins to go into the third tied with the Sabres at 1-1.
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