Tampa Bay Lightning won the first round of 16 against the Columbus Blue Jackets after five overtime periods, which meant that the later meeting between Carolina and Boston was postponed until 5 pm, Swedish time.

There, too, there was an extension, albeit only two periods. Boston eventually won 4-3.

Joel Edmundson opened the scoring for Carolina in the middle of the first period, but Boston would turn around. David Pastrnak equalized before the break and at the beginning of the second period Boston put the lead goal through Charlie Coyle.

A controversial goal where Carolina chose to take a coaching challenge after a suspected unauthorized handshake. After video analysis, the goal was approved and the Hurricanes ended up in a numerical disadvantage for delaying play.

Despite double nightmare messages, Carolina found her way back. Brock McGinn broke a pass in boxplay to then get through the zones himself and score the equalizer.

At the start of the third period, Boston's David Krejci put the 3-2 puck there, but Carolina came back once again through Haydn Fleury.

Well in the extension, Boston's Patrice Bergeron decided.

The quarterfinals of the Stanley Cup playoffs are played in the best of seven matches.

CLIP: Tampa wins marathon match (August 12, 2020)

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Victor Hedman and Pat Maroon celebrate the victory after Columbus. Photo: News agency TT.