Bruins even series, 1-1, with OT win

It was all of 39 seconds of clean ice in overtime on Monday night.

That’s all it took for the Boston Bruins to even their series, 1-1, with Washington.

Brad Marchand potted the game-winner for the Bruins in a 4-3 decision.

“I don’t know how it got up to [David Krejci], but he did a great job kind of settling everything down the way he does and got it over to ‘Grezi,'” Marchand said. “I think he went to the net and drew everybody to him, and Grezi made a great play to get it over [to me], and it went in.”

Taylor hall scored at 17:11 in the third period to tie the game, 3-3, and force the extra session.

“I think the guys that have been here understood the urgency of this game. We had to play better,” Boston head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Obviously getting the win is very important, but for our own selves, we needed to play a better hockey game. I thought we were the better team tonight and were full value for the win.”

Tuukka Rask made 36 saves for the win.

Garret Hathaway scored twice for Washington.

“We knew they were going to come back with a little bit more bite tonight offensively, and some of the things we shot ourselves in the foot a little bit with execution,” Washington head coach Peter Laviolette said. “So there’s things I think we can do better as we head to Boston.”

Washington was 1-for-4 on the power play; Boston went scoreless in two chances.

TJ Oshie added a single marker for Washington.

“I think it’s huge for us to contribute offensively,” Hathaway said. “I know we’re capable of it. You can go back to the regular season and see how we played. We take a lot of [defensive] zone starts, but I think we contribute.”

Jake DeBrusk opened the scoring in the game when he gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead in the opening frame.

Patrice Bergeron also scored for Boston.

The two teams are back on the ice, this in Boston, on Wednesday night for Game 3.Craig Anderson made 44 saves in the loss.

“We needed him to play great, and I thought he did,” Hathaway said of Anderson. “It’s tough, you know, last minute, couple minutes left for a goal to tie it and then [it ends] quick in overtime. I think it kind of overshadows how we played and how he played especially.”