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BOSTON (AP) -- Los Angeles coach Andy Murray was so upset with his team's play in the first two periods that he didn't even know who scored the goals that helped the Kings salvage a point.
Former Boston player Glen Murray scored two third-period goals, including the tying goal with 21 seconds left, to give the Kings a 4-4 tie with the Bruins on Saturday.
|  | | Kings goalie Stephane Fiset denies Boston's Shawn Bates. Fiset finished with 25 saves, including two in overtime. |
"I have no idea who scored the last two goals. All I know is who was on the ice," Andy Murray said. "We had no right getting a point. The game should have been out of range after 40 minutes."
Steve Heinze, who missed the last six games with a rib injury, had two goals and an assist for Boston.
The Bruins, who have seven games remaining, trail Buffalo by five points for the Eastern Conference's final playoff spot. It was the second straight game in which Boston dominated most of the game only to lose.
"It's like the movie 'Groundhog Day'," said Bruins coach Pat Burns. "Every day you wake up and it's the same story."
The Kings are 1-3-2 in their last six games, but they are 3-0-1 in their last four games against Boston.
"It was great to get the point, but it's too bad we let them play how they wanted and we were struggling in the first two periods," said Josef Stumpel, who assisted on the tying goal. "We just didn't get the job done."
Heinze gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead early in the second period when he poked a loose puck from the slot past Los Angeles goaltender Stephane Fiset.
Heinze added his 11th goal of the season 10 minutes later when he faked a sprawling Fiset and put the puck into the open net, giving Boston a 3-1 lead.
Brian Rolston scored his 15th of the season, on a power play, with 1:55 remaining in the second to give Boston a 4-1 lead. Jamie Storr replaced Fiset to begin the third period and the Kings responded with two goals.
Storr stopped all 10 shots he faced.
Murray scored on the power play only 48 seconds into the period and Rob Corkum added a goal with 11:53 left, making it 4-3.
"When you tense up, you don't play as well," Heinze said. "That's what might have happened in the third period. It was two different games. They turned it up and we went into a shell. Whether it's inexperience or not, there's no excuse for that."
Luc Robitaille scored his 35th goal of the season midway through the first period, giving the Kings a 1-0 lead. His slap shot from just outside the left circle slipped under Boston goaltender John Grahame's pads.
Grahame made 26 saves.
It was Robitaille's 552nd career goal, moving him into 16th place on the NHL's career list, one ahead of Colorado's Dave Andreychuk.
The Bruins tied it with 4:53 left in the first when Andre Savage put a rebound past Fiset.
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