Seguin savors 'finally getting one'

Tyler Seguin played the role of hero Sunday in Game 6 at the Verizon Center in Washington as he scored just over three minutes into overtime to give the Bruins a 4-3 win over the Capitals and force a Game 7 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series Wednesday night in Boston. Seguin came flying down the slot and took a feed from Milan Lucic. He held the puck long enough to make Caps goalie Braden Holtby commit before flipping the puck into the vacated net for his first career playoff overtime goal.

"I saw the goalie challenging and I just tried to make a quick move and luckily it went in," Seguin said. "I think this series we've had a lot of chances and opportunities and I haven't been bearing down or finishing them off. It's just really nice to get that feeling of finally getting one.

"When you're a little kid, that's your dream, get those big goals and keep your team alive. Looking back on my career so far, that's probably one of the biggest goals I've got."

Seguin was demoted to the third line in Game 5 after failing to score in the first four games. He admitted the lack of production from the top two lines was something on the mind of every Bruins player. 

"We really thought going into tonight's game we needed to get production," Seguin said. "I thought we've been playing well. The guys that were getting production in the season haven't been getting too many good bounces so far in the series. To see it happen tonight and see guys finally get rewarded is definitely nice. 

"It's been a great series. Washington is a great team and we've been battling and for whatever reason, including last year, we never to seem to make it easy on ourselves. We always want to go the extra mile. Game 7 at the Garden, that's what we've been working for, home-ice advantage, so hopefully we seize the opportunity."

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