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Marchand OT goal leads Bruins to 4-3 victory over Flames
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Marchand OT goal leads Bruins to 4-3 victory over Flames

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Marchand OT goal leads Bruins to 4-3 victory over Flames

Bruins left wing Brad Marchand celebrates his game-winning goal by beating Calgary Flames goaltender Dan Vladar during overtime. Matthew J Lee/Globe Staff

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand scored a backhand on his own rebound with 20 seconds left in overtime to lift the Bruins to a 4-3 victory over the Flames on Thursday night.

It was Marchand’s second OT winner of the season, converting a penalty he committed that led to a power-play goal during the opening minute of the third period.

Hampus Lindholm, Pavel Zacha and Cole Koepke scored Boston’s other goals, and David Pastrnak had two assists. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 34 shots for the Bruins.

Calgary got goals from Tyson Barrie, Yegor Sharangovich and Nazem Kadri. The Flames trailed the Bruins 3-1 entering the third period before Sharangovich scored on the man advantage and Kadri tied the score at 9:55.

Dustin Wolf made 34 saves for the Flames.

Takeaways

Flames: Calgary opened the season with four straight wins, but has won just three games in its last ten.

Bruins: Korpisalo made his fifth start of the season in goal and is now 3-2.

Key moment

With a shootout looming, Boston’s Elias Lindholm forced a turnover along the boards, leading to Marchand scoring his fourth goal of the season and the Bruins’ third overtime win.

Key stat

After hitting the post twice in regulation, Marchand scored the 21st extra-time winning goal of his career.

Next

The Flames wrap up a three-game trip in Buffalo on Saturday, the same day the Bruins wrap up a two-game homestand against Ottawa.