Boston rallied from a three-goal deficit with 11 minutes left in the third period and beat Toronto 5-4 on Bergeron's goal at 6:05 of overtime on Monday night to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals starting Thursday night at home against the New York Rangers.
The desperate Bruins regained their aggressiveness just in time after squandering a 3-1 lead in games and trailing 4-1 in the third period of Game 7. They had scored just three goals in the previous eight periods before getting four in the final 16 minutes of the series.
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