Bergeron scores double-overtime winner in Eastern Conference Final

On this day nine years ago, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins battled it out in game three of the Eastern Conference Finals on June 5th, 2013.

David Krejci scored the first goal of the game just 1:42 into the game to give the Bruins an early lead, and the Penguins tied it at 8:51 of the second on a Chris Kunitz goal. The game stayed 1-1 all the way to 15:19 of double-overtime until Patrice Bergeron called game:

The thrilling double-overtime winner gave the Bruins a 3-0 series lead over the Penguins. Boston would go on to shutout Pittsburgh 1-0 in game four to sweep Pittsburgh and advance to the Stanley Cup Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks.

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