It was certainly something to watch, one of those "where were you then?" moments—or rather, four of them.
Facing early elimination in an abbreviated season, the Boston Bruins scored two goals in the last two minutes of play to force overtime on Monday at TD Garden before ousting the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.
The Leafs, who were in the postseason for the first time in nine years and had been down 3-1 in this series, built a 4-1 lead midway through the third period of the deciding contest. It looked like the Bruins were headed for another seven-game first-round exit two years after winning their first Stanley Cup since 1972.
Nathan Horton proceeded to score on a wrist shot from the left circle to make it 4-2 with just under 11 minutes left. With 80 seconds to go and goalie Tuukka Rask out for an extra attacker, Milan Lucic, who set up Horton's goal, got some space in front of the Toronto net and chipped the puck past James Reimer to make it 4-3.
Normally that's as close as most teams get, ultimately falling short in a frantic final minute after battling back valiantly—bu ...
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