Ducks tie it late, beat Bruins in OT
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Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) - Ryan Getzlaf helped tie the game late in regulation and scored the winning goal in overtime as the Anaheim Ducks rallied to beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Thursday night.
Getzlaf fired a shot from above the right circle that was tipped in front by Corey Perry with 38.5 seconds remaining in the third period.
After the Ducks failed to convert on a power play in overtime, Getzlaf carried the puck across the Boston blueline and beat Tuukka Rask with a wrist shot from the high slot.
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Patrick Maroon also scored for Anaheim and Frederik Andersen stopped 27 Boston shots.
"We were better all over the ice," said Getzlaf, who scored his franchise- best seventh career overtime goal. "We played a great team in Boston, and battled them right to the end. Those are things we want to establish down the stretch."
The Ducks are battling for home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs and tied the Rangers with 101 points. New York, though, has three games in hand.
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Anaheim snapped a two-game losing streak and spoiled the return of Boston forward David Krejci, who assisted on both of the Bruins' goals. Krejci played against the Ducks after missing 15 games with a partially torn MCL in his left knee.
Even with Krejci back in the lineup, the Bruins' losing streak reached six games (0-3-3). Boston had a chance to retake the lead for the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot with Ottawa losing to the Rangers on Thursday. The point moved the Bruins into a tie with the Senators, but Ottawa has a game in hand.
"Terrible feeling obviously...we played a great game and good kill there in the overtime and then a loss, so it's tough to swallow," said Rask, who made 29 saves in defeat.
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Anaheim had a prime chance in the opening minute of the game, but Cam Fowler pushed his shot wide of the net.
The Ducks nearly made the Bruins pay while short-handed later in the first period. Following a giveaway by Boston, Jakob Silfverberg fired the puck over the net on a quality opportunity with six minutes left.
Maroon opened the scoring at 10:18 of the second period. He carried the puck across the blueline and made a move to skate around defenseman Matt Bartkowski before beating Rask with a shot from deep in the left circle.
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Ryan Spooner tied it on a power play with 6:53 remaining in the second. He pirouetted as he gathered Patrice Bergeron's pass and sniped a shot from the right circle past Andersen.
Boston began the third period on a power play and Loui Eriksson buried a rebound 27 seconds in to make it 2-1.
Game Notes
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Anaheim leads the NHL with 30 one-goal wins ... Perry's goal gave him 599 career points ... Fowler had two assists.