Ondrej Palat scored in overtime to give Lightning a 4-3 win and even series with Bruins

“He’s been our best player all playoffs, kept us in games and given us a chance to win,” defenseman Zach Bogosian said of Vasillevskiy, a finalist for the award as the league’s top goaltender again this season.

Game 3 of the best-of-seven matchup is Wednesday night in Toronto.

Blake Coleman had two goals and Nikita Kucherov also scored for Tampa Bay. Kucherov tied it 2-2 with 4½ minutes left in the second period, and Coleman’s second of the game put the Lightning ahead with 9:20 left in the third.

Brad Marchand’s second goal of the night, off a nifty feed from Sean Kuraly, tied it 3-3 with just less than four minutes to go in regulation.

The Lightning outshot the Bruins 40-25, including 9-1 in overtime.

Nick Ritchie also scored for the Bruins, and Jaroslav Halak finished with 36 saves.

David Pastrnak, the league’s leading scorer in the regular season, had the primary assist on Marchand’s power-play goal at 14:33 of the second period.

The Lightning, who trailed 3-0 before scoring in Game 1, had a goal by Barclay Goodrow disallowed in the opening period when the Bruins successfully challenged that Tampa Bay’s Brayden Point was offside seconds before the apparent score that would have have erased Boston’s early 1-0 lead.

Instead of dwelling on the reversal, the Lightning kept working until Coleman’s diving shot off a feed from Zach Bogosian made it 1-1 at 12:42 of the opening period. It remained tied after Marchand scored for Boston and Nikita Kucherov countered for Tampa Bay within a 55-second span of the second period.

The loss stopped Boston’s four-game winning streak since starting goalie Tuukka Rask opted out of the playoffs.

Canucks 5, Golden Knights 2: Bo Horvat scored two goals as Vancouver evened its Western Conference series with Vegas at a game apiece in Edmonton, Alberta. Game 3 is Thursday.