RALEIGH, N.C. - David Pastrnak scored on a nice centering pass from Carl Soderberg at 4:23 of overtime, giving the Boston Bruins a 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.
The win put the Bruins three points ahead of Ottawa and four up on Florida in their race for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Ottawa has a game in hand on both of the teams.
Ryan Spooner scored for Boston early in the first period on Pastrnak's assist.
Nathan Gerbe scored for Carolina late in the second period.
Boston goalie Tuukka Rask, who had left Saturday's win over the New York Rangers because of dehydration early in the second period, had 30 saves.
Carolina's Anton Khudobin, who played for Boston from 2011-13, stopped 28 shots.
Boston, 2-3-3 over its past eight games, is 5-0-1 in its past six games against Carolina.
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Boston led 1-0 at the first intermission after outshooting the Hurricanes 10-8.
Spooner got the Bruins on the board at 2:21 of the first, beating Khudobin from the top of the left circle with Pastrnak getting the primary assist.
Gerbe evened the score on a rush at 19:38 of the second, taking Chris Terry's cross-ice pass and beating Rask high over the right shoulder.
