Krug scores in OT to catapult Bruins

OTTAWA, Ontario — Torey Krug felt like the Boston Bruins were “still in their pre-game nap” during their game against the Ottawa Senators.

Tuukka Rask helped the Bruins stick around, and Krug gave Boston the jolt it needed for a road victory.

Krug took a cross-crease pass from David Krejci and beat Mike McKenna with a one-timer 3:07 into overtime to lift the Bruins over the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Sunday night.

“It was a tough game for us,” Krug said. “It took us a while to wake up there.”

Krug deferred credit to Krejci on the winner.

“It’s a highly, highly skilled player making a great 2 1 pass,” Krug said. “He sees things that other guys can’t see, even from up in the press box. He made a great play and I was lucky enough to be on the receiving end of it.”

Brad Marchand had the regulation goal for the Bruins (16-10-4), and Rask made 27 saves.

Mark Stone scored in regulation for the Senators (1314-4), who got a career-best 42-save performance from McKenna, including a diving two-pad stack save against Sean Kuraly in overtime.

The third period finished with a frantic seven minutes, starting with a game-saving glove save by Rask against Stone on a 2-on-1 when the Senators were short-handed and a delayed penalty was coming to the Bruins.

McKenna stopped Marchand in close before turning aside David Pastrnak on a breakaway.