Krejci, Bruins win, beat the clock
David Krejci thought there were a few seconds left before overtime.
He was surprised when he saw how close it was.
The Boston forward tipped in a shot with eight-tenths of a second left in the third period to lift the host Bruins to a 2-1 win Thursday night against San Jose, sending the Sharks to their first regulation loss this season.
“Actually, I thought there might be more than 10 seconds, maybe 15, 20 seconds left,” he said, breaking into a smile. “Then we scored it [and linemate Milan Lucic] said ‘Look up.’
“I looked up, and it was .8. It was even sweeter.”
Jarome Iginla scored his first goal with the Bruins (7-2) and goaltender Tuukka Rask made 38 saves.
Patrick Marleau had San Jose’s goal, his eighth of the season. Antti Niemi stopped 15 shots.
Krejci, positioned in the slot, tipped defenseman Adam McQuaid’s shot from the point between Niemi’s pads for the winner.
“There was a guy in front, so I thought just to watch the puck and I thought I had it, but he tipped it kind of back the same way where I was coming from,” Niemi said.
The Sharks (8-1-1) tied the score, 1-1, on the opening shift of the third period when Marleau swooped in from the left wing, slipping a rebound past Rask 18 seconds into the period.
Other games
Flyers 2, Rangers 1: Braydon Coburn broke a tie early in the third period, and Steve Mason made the lead stand up as host Philadelphia beat road-weary New York for its second win of the season. Matt Read scored a shorthanded goal and added an assist, and Mason made 30 saves for Philadelphia (2-7), which snapped a four-game losing streak. The Flyers are still off to their worst start through nine games. New York’s Cam Talbot was solid in net in his NHL debut, making 25 saves in place of injured regular Henrik Lundqvist, but the Rangers (2-6) lost for the fifth time in the past six games. They have one game left on their season-starting, ninegame road trip before opening their home season Monday.
Canucks 3, Devils 2: Mike Santorelli scored the only goal in the shootout as visiting Vancouver grabbed a win against New Jersey as goalie Roberto Luongo got the best of Cory Schneider, his former backup in Vancouver.
Canadiens 4, Ducks 1: Carey Price made 31 saves as host Montreal picked up a victory against Anaheim.
Lightning 6, Blackhawks 5: Martin St. Louis scored 1:16 of overtime as host Tampa Bay beat Chicago. St. Louis got the winner from in-close.
Wild 3, Hurricanes 1: Nino Niederreiter and Zach Parise scored for host Minnesota with the first two shots of the season against Carolina fill-in goalie Justin Peters.
Stars 5, Flames 1: Alex Chiasson and Jamie Benn each scored two goals to lead host Dallas to a victory against Calgary.
Predators 3, Jets 2: Craig Smith scored at 4:43 of overtime to give Nashville a win against visiting Winnipeg.