It's tough to say a game that needed over 90 minutes of hockey and multiple overtimes came down to just two plays. But, that was essentially the case Saturday night in Game 5 of the NHL Playoffs series between the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins at the TD Garden. The Bruins prevailed, in the second overtime, 2-1, when Nathan Horton, on the doorstep of the goal, buried a rebound in the back of the net.
↵But the only reason Horton and the Bruins even had a chance to win was thanks to an amazing save made by Tim Thomas at the 5:35 mark of the second OT, turning away a Brian Gionta shot from point-blank range on a 2-on-1 Montreal break.
↵↵↵↵"My thought was just trying to get it on the net and get it over him," Gionta said. "He moves well side to side and he just read it."
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↵↵It was the Bruins second overtime-win in three days, and the first home win in the series with the Canadiens.