Tampa Bay went out hard and put direct pressure on Boston. After the weekend's odd goal loss, Floridalaget was pressured to win, so as not to end up in a real uphill.

But despite the pressure, it was Boston who through Nick Ritchie in a counterattack could break the zero of the match.

The team was then followed for almost the entire match, with the same pattern: Boston took the lead and Tampa Bay equalized.

- We had a bit of a flow with conceded goals and bounced against us, but still drummed on. Very nice of course, it was important that we won this match, says Tampa Bay's Swedish star Victor Hedman to Aftonbladet.

Starts at zero

Only with ten minutes left to play could Hedman push the puck from his own zone to a few meters in front of the Boston goal and pass Blake Coleman, who threw himself forward, scored his second goal of the evening and gave his Tampa Bay the lead - for the first time in the entire quarterfinal series .

The goal was not enough for victory then, with his second goal of the match, Boston's Brad Marchand equalized and took the opportunity for the extra time which was 4.40 long.

There, Pat Maroon tried to get the winning goal in the kitchen. Halak saved but had no chance of returning to the Palace.

- No one has said that this would be an easy series for us. Now we are equal and start in practice again at zero. We must try to forget this match and move on, says Halak according to nhl.com.´

"Just decides"

For Tampa Bay, the overtime victory meant the team won its last three games that went beyond 60 minutes.

- We only decide to win at any price in those situations, that is the attitude we have and therefore we sharpen up, Victor Hedman tells Aftonbladet.

The third match between the teams is already played the night before Thursday, Swedish time.