TAMPA — Well before scoring the go-ahead goal Saturday in Tampa Bay’s 5-3 win over the Bruins, Simon Gagne had a earned the reputation in Boston as a Bruins killer. Asked after the game if his third-period, go-ahead tally was just another example, Gagne said he’ll hold off on nicknames until the series is over.

“Actually, that’s the first time I’ve heard it,” Gagne said. “It’s funny but like I said, whatever happened last year, personally that’s something I’m always going to remember. That’s for sure. But now this year it’s a different thing. I’m with a different team. I would like to do it again but it’s still not done. It’s 2-2. Whatever happened today even, getting the game winner, we didn’t win the series. It’s 2-2. We’ll focus on the next game first and we’ll talk about that nickname later.”

In Gagne’s first game back in the 2010 playoffs, he scored the game-winning goal in overtime of Game 4, keeping the Bruins from eliminating the Flyers. Of course, Gagne’s most crushing goal came in Game 7 of that same series with the Flyers, when he scored on the power play late in the third after the Bruins were called for too many men on the ice.