Bruins vs. Hurricanes Game 1 Rescheduled After Lightning-Blue Jackets Goes 5OT

The National Hockey League was forced to postpone Game 1 of the first-round playoff series between the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night as the Tampa Bay Lightning and Columbus Blue Jackets went into a fifth overtime period.

Both games were scheduled at Scotiabank Arena inside the league's bubble in Toronto.

Boston and Carolina will now begin their series Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET.

The Blue Jackets and Lightning began playing at 3 p.m. ET and were still on the ice at 9 p.m. ET in the midst of the fourth-longest game in NHL history, which ended midway through the fifth overtime period as the Lightning emerged with a 3-2 win.

The Bruins and Hurricanes were originally scheduled for an 8 p.m. ET puck drop. Even if they had been able to play, it's hard to imagine the ice in Toronto would have been in great shape.

Columbus goalie Joonas Korpisalo set an NHL record, since 1955-56, with 85 saves as both teams remained deadlocked at two goals apiece until Brayden Point's game-winner at 10:27 of the fifth overtime.

Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones set his own record for the most time on ice with 65:06—or more than a regular-season game and overtime's worth of minutes.

Carolina, at least online, seemed to take the delay in stride, sending out a number of tweets, including one mocking a statement from the Lightning after the club was swept out of the first round of the playoffs last year following a record-tying 62-win season.

The NHL may want to get another rink ready just in case another situation like this happens again—though there have only been three other instances where a game has gone longer.