In Toronto, the Boston Bruins scored four goals in rapid succession in the third period to erase a 0-2 deficit to the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday and won Game 4, 4-3.
The Bruins lead the series, 3-1.
Jaroslav Halak made 16 saves to get the win.
The four goals came in a 6:51 stretch of the third to deflate the Canes.
Jake DeBrusk struck twice, and Connor Clifton and Brad Marchand also scored in the outburst.
“We have a ton of character in our room,” Marchand said. “We didn’t plan on coming back in the first minute of that (third) period. We always say it’s a process. We continue to build every shift. That’s what we did. We just continued to impose our will and play our game.”
Justin Williams and Jordan Martinook scored in the first and second periods, respectively, to give the Canes the 2-0 lead and seemingly command of the game.
“That finish, obviously, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “We’ve got to be better. I don’t know what else to tell you. We’ve got a proud group in there, and I’m sure they’ll bounce back.”
Teuvo Teravainen scored off an errant pass across the slot to cut the Boston lead to 4-3 with 87 seconds left on the clock.
“Anytime you can contribute in a win, it’s huge,” DeBrusk said. “I just wanted to kind of, No. 1, try to find my game and help the team. Kind of got lucky on that first one, I’d like to say, and then it was a great play by my linemates on the second one. We rallied to win.”
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James Reimer made 29 saves in the loss.
“[The third] was, quite frankly, as ugly a period as I’ve seen us play,” Williams said. “I mean, you have to take ownership of it. … Really, the whole period was certainly not what we’re accustomed to. We got it handed to us.”
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