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Bergeron made his presence felt at 4:33 of the third period, tipping home a Marchand pass for a power-play goal. But Sam Reinhart responded just 41 seconds later with a power-play goal of his own, after Boston’s Jakub Lauko took a holding penalty on Tkachuk just 6 seconds after Bergeron’s goal. Tkachuk assisted on the Reinhart goal to make it 3-2.
The Bruins roared back to take the lead thanks to another strong play by Taylor Hall. After defenseman Brandon Carlo fired the puck from the left post, Hall collected the rebound. Instead of shooting immediately, he skated back in the slot and then sent the puck past Bobrovsky. Hall now has five goals and three assists in the postseason.
In the waning seconds of regulation, Bobrovsky stopped Marchand on a breakaway to preserve the tie and give the Panthers a chance to win in overtime. Bobrovsky made 44 saves for his first win of the series.
Montgomery said the Bruins spent too much energy chasing the lead during regulation and didn’t think they were sharp in the overtime period as a result.
“Our effort was good. But it’s really hard to win that fourth game,” Montgomery said. “We’ll regroup tomorrow and see if we can get the job done on Friday that we didn’t get done tonight.”
