Rarely does a player get to be the goat and the hero on the same night, but that's exactly what happened to Charlie Coyle on Patrick Willis Jersey Thursday.
The Bruins center was directly responsible for a goal against before scoring his Boston's final two goals in its 3-2 overtime win against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Game 1 of their second-round series. Coyle's rollercoaster game embodied the Bruins' night, as Boston exchanged leads with the Blue Jackets until cementing the victory in the extra frame.
Coyle entered Thursday's contest with three goals and an a sist from the Bruins' first-round series win over Toronto, but his first contribution to Game Arik Armstead Jersey 1 against Columbus was a turnover inside the Bruins' zone that led to the first of two Blue Jackets goals in a 13-second span. Those Columbus goals flipped the momentum in the game, giving the Blue Jackets a 2-1 lead midway through the third period.
Not to be discouraged by his miscue, Coyle reversed his team's fortunes once again. With under five minutes left in Jaquiski Tartt Jersey regulation, Coyle received a cro s-ice pa s fromMarcus Johan son and ripped a one-timer past Columbus goalieSergei Bobrovsky to tie the gameup.
In overtime, Johan son and Coyle combined once again. Just over five minutes into the extra frame, the Bruins quickly broke out of their own zone and, Jimmie Ward Jersey aftermaking four pa ses to find Coyle in front of goal, the 27-year-oldpoked the Jimmy Garoppolo Jersey puck into the Columbus net for the winner.
In addition to giving his team the first victory of the series, Coyle made a bit of history with his pair of goals. The Boston area native joined Patrice Bergeron as the only Bruins to score a game-tying goal in the final five regulation minutes of a playoff game before also notching the overtime winner.
Charlie Coyle is the second player in history score a tying goal in the final five minutes of regulation and the overtime winner in a playoff game.He joined Patrice Bergeron in of the Joe Staley Jersey 2013 Conference Quarterfinals (5-4 OT W vs. TOR).
NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL)Coyle and the Bruins face the Blue Jackets in Game 3 on Saturday.
