The Boston Bruins blanked the Minnesota Wild behind good goaltending by Jeremy Swayman on Tuesday evening at TD Backyard.
After a 22-save efficiency within the Bruins’ win over the New York Rangers, Swayman adopted it up with a 35-stop shutout. It was Swayman’s third shutout of the season and the crew’s sixth in 55 video games.
“It’s actually necessary. It’s necessary for our group and (the upcoming two-week break),” Swayman informed reporters of the back-to-back wins, per team-provided audio. “And proper earlier than this break, finish it strongly, and I feel that we’re doing job in constructing momentum.”
The Bruins are in the course of a battle for a playoff spot, and with 27 video games remaining within the common season, each level is essential.
“Our opponents have introduced some critical competitors,” Swayman stated. “Everybody’s preventing for factors, and it’s our job to rise to the event and be sure that we’re getting actually necessary factors taking place the stretch.”
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Swayman made well timed saves in opposition to the Wild, particularly within the third interval when the Bruins have been penalized three straight instances whereas holding a two-goal lead.
“It’s doing all your job proper,” Swayman stated when requested the way it feels to see the opposite crew’s frustrations after making a save. “You need to deflate the opposite crew, ensuring they comprehend it’s going to be onerous to attain on you.”
Within the first interval, Swayman and Marc-Andre Fleury matched one another save for save. Swayman stopped the primary seven Minnesota pictures he confronted, whereas Fleury made 14 saves within the first 20 minutes.
“I assumed Fleury did a terrific job on the finish of the opposite finish too,” Swayman stated. “He’s having a ball doing it. It was actually enjoyable to compete with him.”
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Whereas Swayman remained good on the evening, Fleury surrendered two objectives to Charlie McAvoy and Trent Frederic within the second interval earlier than stopping the following 18 Bruins’ makes an attempt. Boston held the lead, and Swayman stopped all 14 Minnesota pictures within the third interval to safe the win.
Listed here are extra notes from Tuesday’s Bruins-Wild recreation:
— David Pastrnak prolonged his level streak to 11 video games. He had the first help on McAvoy’s seventh aim of the season. The Bruins’ prolific aim scorer has 10 objectives and 14 assists for twenty-four factors in that span.
He turned the fourth Bruins participant up to now 30 years with an 11-game help streak, becoming a member of Brad Marchand, Marc Savard and Adam Oates. Pastrnak trails solely Jaromir Jagr (16 video games) for the second-longest streak by a Czechia-borm participant, per NHL Public Relations.
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— Matthew Poitras prolonged his level streak to 2 video games. He tallied two assists within the recreation to match the pair of helpers he had in opposition to the Rangers for 4 factors in two contests.
— McAvoy scored two objectives in back-to-back video games for simply the second time this season and the primary since lighting the lamp in every of the Bruins’ first two video games in opposition to the Florida Panthers and Canadiens. He now has seven objectives and 15 assists throughout 48 video games this season.
— The Bruins have two video games left earlier than the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off Match starting Feb. 12. Boston travels to the Large Apple to tackle the Rangers on Wednesday evening.
Puck drop from Madison Sq. Backyard is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET and can air on TNT. The Bruins’ subsequent recreation on NESN will happen after the two-week break after they host the Anaheim Geese on Feb. 22.
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