<p>UNIONDALE, N.Y. &mdash; Brad Marchand scored 3:36 into overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 2-1 Thursday night in Game 3 to take the lead in the second-round playoff series.</p>
<p>Charlie McAvoy brought the puck up ice along the left side and passed to Marchand, who skated along the boards and fired a sharp-angle shot into the top right corner past Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov.</p>
<p>Craig Smith also scored for Boston, and Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots — including five in overtime to help the Bruins take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.</p>
<p>Mathew Barzal scored the tying goal late in the third period for New York. Varlamov — making his second straight start after Ilya Sorokin went in four straight games — finished with 39 saves.</p>
<p>Game 4 is Saturday night at Nassau Coliseum.</p>
<p>HURRICANES 3, LIGHTNING 2, OT</p>
<p>TAMPA, Fla. &mdash; Jordan Staal scored on a power play at 5:57 of overtime and Carolina beat Tampa Bay to take a 2-1 series lead.</p>
<p>Staal scored with Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov serving a penalty for holding the stick.</p>
<p>Carolina coach Rob Brind’Amour changed goaltenders, opting for Petr Mrazek after Alex Nedeljkovic started the first eight games of the playoffs. Mrazek stopped 35 shots.</p>
<p>Sebastien Aho and Brett Pesce also scored also scored for Carolina. Brayden Point and Alex Killorn had power-play goals for Tampa Bay.</p>
<p>Game 4 is Saturday in Tampa.</p>