But when the opening game in Toronto in between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Columbus Blue Jackets went to a 5th overtime tied at 2-2, the Bruins and Hurricanes were returned to their hotel spaces and informed they would take on Wednesday early morning.
The Lightning and Blue Jackets began their game at 3:30 p.m. ET at Scotiabank Arena. They stayed connected 2-2 after four overtimes more than 5 hours later, when the NHL revealed they would not keep Boston and Carolina lingering any longer “due to the length of the Lightning-Blue Jackets video game.”.
Tampa Bay won 3-2 when Brayden Point scored at 10:27 throughout the 5th overtime.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
The Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes will wait another day prior to starting their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series, as their video game was pushed to 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday, the NHL revealed.
The two teams had actually been arranged to start at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday night in Toronto, one of the NHLs 2 centers.
