The Boston Bruins narrowly escaped Game 5 with a win over the Buffalo Sabres. They were only able to beat goaltender Alex Lyon one time in regulation. Still, it took only nine minutes of overtime hockey to spring superstar forward David Pastrnak loose in the attacking zone.

The puck was on his stick, after a turnover by Peyton Krebs just inside the Boston Bruins defensive zone. He paused and then flung it, the stretch pass sailing up ice to where David Pastrnak had just come on after a change,

The series shifts back to Boston for Game 6, with Buffalo still seeking to clinch its first playoff series victory since eliminating the New York Rangers in six games of a 2007 second-round series.

With a breakaway beauty at 9:14 of overtime, Pastrnak won Game 5 of this first-round playoff series for the Bruins, beating the Sabres, 2-1.

While Pastrnak gets credit on the scoresheet, he'll be the first to tell you a number of Bruins players made his Game 5 winner possible.

It's the latest in a proud tradition of hockey fans occasionally singing the anthem on their own. The post Before Bruins-Sabres Game 5, Buffalo fans rescued the Canadian anthem after singer’s mic cut out appeared first on Boston.

Zadorov was hit with 15 minutes in penalties and a $5,000 fine for his cross-check on Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin at the end of Game 4, and that may have added to the ill will.