Palat’s goal in overtime pulls Lightning even with Bruins

TORONTO — Ondrej Palat scored at 4:40 of overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 wi over te Boston Bruins on Tuesday night, evening their Eastern Conference semifinal series at one game apiece.

Reigning Vezina Trophy winner Andrei Vasilevskiy had 22 saves and became Tampa Bay’s all-time playoff leader with 22 wins as the Lightning improved to 4-0 in overtimes games this postseason.

Game 3 of the best-ofseven matchup is Wednesday night in Toronto.

Blake Coleman had two goals and Nikita Kucherov also scored for Tampa Bay. Kucherov tied it 2-2 with 4½ minutes left in the second period, ad Coleman’s second of the game put the Lightning ahead with 9:20 left in the third.

Brad Marchand’s second goal of the night, off a nifty feed from Sean Kuraly, tied it 3-3 with just under 4 minutes to go in regulation. The Lightning outshot the Bruins 40-25, including 9-1 in overtime.

Nick Ritchie also scored for the Bruins, who had a four-game winning streak since starting goalie Tuukka Rask opted out of the playoffs.

CANUCKS 5, KNIGHTS 2

Bo Horvat scored twice, and Tyler Toffoli and Elias Pettersson each had a goal and two assists to lead Vancouver past Vegas at Edmonton,, evening their Western Conference semifinal series at one game apiece.

Tanner Pearson also scored for Vancouver, and Jacob Markstrom stopped 38 shots — including 21 in the second period.

Alex Tuch and Max Pacioretty scored for the Golden Knights. Robin Lehner had 22 saves in just his second loss of the postseason.

Game 3 is Thursday.