Overview
- Pavel Zacha buried the winner with 5.6 seconds left after Charlie McAvoy’s net drive left a loose puck that slid through Linus Ullmark.
- Former Senator Joonas Korpisalo earned the victory with 20 saves, while Ullmark stopped 22 as Boston held a 25–22 shots edge and both power plays went scoreless.
- Morgan Geekie and Sean Kuraly scored in the second period for Boston; Michael Amadio opened the scoring and Claude Giroux tied it in the third for Ottawa.
- Boston navigated in-game setbacks as Johnny Beecher exited with an upper-body injury and Andrew Peeke briefly left after a heavy hit before returning to log two assists and earn the players’ Grinder Award.
- Overtime featured offsetting late penalties—Ridly Greig for slashing and Geekie for tripping—before Zacha’s decisive tap-in, with Boston heading to Toronto and Ottawa bound for Philadelphia on Saturday.