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Jagr’s key role in Bruins’ double-OT win is historic

Jaromir Jagr, Zdeno Chara, Brooks Orpik, Dennis Seidenberg, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand

Patrice Bergeron #37 of the Boston Bruins celebrates with Brad Marchand #63 and Zdeno Chara #33 after scoring the game winning goal in overtime to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Final of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the TD Garden on June 5, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (June 4, 2013 - Source: Jared Wickerham/Getty Images North America)

At the age of 41 and in his 26th minute of play in double overtime, Jaromir Jagr battled with Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin for the puck along the boards.

He won that fight -- although some would argue he should have ended up with a hooking penalty -- and that led to Patrice Bergeron’s game-winning goal, 95:19 minutes into the contest.

Bergeron sees Jagr battling along the boards as the perfect example of everyone buying into the Bruins’ system.

“He’s pretty much a legend,” Bergeron said, “he’s a guy that’s going to be in the Hall of Fame at some point, and he’s doing the little thing right there just to fight for the puck, and you notice that as a teammate, and it goes a long way, as I said, and we all need to do that.”

How far the Bruins will get remains to be seen, but Jagr’s efforts in this series are already historic. With three assists in his last two games, Jagr has tied Paul Coffey for fifth place on the NHL’s all-time playoff points leaderboard.

Both players have 196 points, but passing Coffey would probably be the last move he can make on that list. Glenn Anderson’s hold on fourth place with 214 points seems safe for now.

If you want to see Bergeron’s winner and the setup by Jagr, here it is: