The Boston Bruins encountered a similar situation from Thursday’s win over the Philadelphia Flyers during Saturday’s matinee against a fellow red-hot team in the Nashville Predators at TD Garden.
The Preds came back from a 2-0 deficit after evening things up in the middle stanza. The Bruins again responded with Brad Marchand and his damaged nose — busted open again Saturday following an inadvertent Roman Josi — elbow in the third only to see that lead relinquished with Josi’s equalizer 2:24 later.
Bruce Cassidy’s bunch never wavered amidst the physicality and in-game adversity. They reached overtime after killing off another late-game penalty — this time on Urho Vaakanainen — against Nashville’s fourth-ranked power play.