David Pastrnak, Bruins upset, confused by nullified OT goal - ESPN

TAMPA, Fla. — Star winger David Pastrnak said it was «a joke» that his apparent game-winning overtime goal was nullified by a penalty in the Boston Bruins' eventual 6-5 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Sunday's Stadium Series game.

With the scored tied at 5 in the 3-on-3 overtime, Pastrnak took a pass from forward Marat Khusnutdinov and shot the puck past Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy. Pastrnak stretched his arms out and celebrated, appearing to win the game at Raymond James Stadium at 4:38 of overtime.

But the goal was quickly waved off. Referee Jon McIsaac had given Pastrnak a penalty for slashing Lightning defenseman J.J. Moser to help the Bruins earn possession of the puck. Instead of scoring the game-winning goal, Pastrnak ended up in the penalty box.

The Lightning didn't convert on their power play but ended up winning the game 6-5 in a shootout. The final play saw Pastrnak clang a shot off the goal cage, failing to beat Vasilevskiy.

What frustrated Pastrnak and the Bruins in overtime was a late whistle after they had possession of the puck and were skating up ice. Per NHL rules, play should have been stopped as soon as Boston gained possession on a delayed penalty.

Goalie Jeremy Swayman, who was standing right near McIsaac, even started skating to the bench to give Boston an extra attacker because he hadn't heard a whistle.

«I'm skating up the ice with the ref and his hand's in the air and I was like, 'On who?'» said Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy, who was on the ice during the overtime sequence. «I couldn't believe he called another penalty [on us]. We go down with the puck, so I was like, 'Oh, it's on them.' Sway made it halfway to the bench and then he just blew it dead.»

McAvoy claims he didn't hear