CHICAGO — Daniel Paille scored in overtime as the Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 Saturday to level the Stanley Cup Finals at one game each. The Blackhawks failed to clear the puck along the boards. Tyler Seguin picked it up and delivered a cross-ice pass to Paille, who beat Corey Crawford on his glove side for the winner at 13:48 of the extra period. Game 3 is Monday at Boston. It's the second consecutive year that the first two games of the finals have gone to overtime, this one coming after the Blackhawks won a triple-OT thriller 4-3 in Game 1. Crawford and Boston's Tuukka Rask were outstanding in goal again after coming up big in the opener, turning away shot after shot in the extra period until Paille scored. Jaromir Jagr just missed scoring the game-winner in the opening minutes of OT when his shot from the right circle hit the right post, his second near miss in as many games. Chris Kelly, who scored in the second period for Boston, had a shot from the slot stopped by Crawford at 5:39 of overtime. Rask also stood his ground down the stretch, just as he did in the opening period, when Chicago simply fired away at him. Ovechkin wins Hart Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player Saturday, claiming the honor for the third time. Ovechkin, who also claimed the MVP award in 2008 and 2009, edged Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby in the closest Hart race in a decade. Ovechkin received 1,090 points to 1,058 for Crosby in voting conducted by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association. Crosby, however, did not go away empty-handed, capturing the Ted Lindsay award that goes to the most outstanding player as voted by his fellow players. Ovechkin tallied 32 goals, including 23 in his final 23 contests, as he also became the first three-time winner of the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy as the season's top goalscorer. The 27-year-old Russian also finished third in points (56), first in power-play goals (16), first in power-play points (27) and first in shots on goal (220). Other winners included Florida Panthers center Jonathan Huberdeau who picked up the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year, edging Montreal Canadiens left wing Brendan Gallagher. Sergei Bobrovsky of the Columbus Blue Jackets was the runaway winner of the Vezina Trophy as the league's top netminder, easily outpointing runnerup Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers. Montreal Canadiens P.K. Subban took home the James Norris Trophy awarded to the league's top defenseman. — Agencies
