BOSTON — Jeremy Swayman earned his first shutout of the season when the Bruins blanked the Seattle Kraken at TD Backyard on Saturday night time.
After going through simply 10 photographs by the primary 40 minutes of the sport, Swayman needed to come up large for the Bruins when the Kraken pushed again within the third and peppered him with 13 photographs within the last body.
“It’s simply discovering your circulation,” Swayman stated. “I do know what I have to do to remain within the second and preserve it one shot at a time.”
Not solely was Swayman flawless in web, however the skaters in entrance of him blocked 27 Seattle photographs, together with 16 throughout the primary two durations.
“The blokes in entrance of me did an amazing job of clogging the center,” Swayman stated. “And (they) let me see the primary shot, in order that was a very good group win.”
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Swayman gave up six objectives on 22 photographs by a interval and a half in opposition to the Carolina Hurricanes final Thursday night time and was pulled simply half-hour into the sport.
Bouncing again from that efficiency and pitching back-to-back shutouts with fellow Bruins goalie Joonas Korpisalo was large for Swayman and his teammates.
“That’s a number of momentum for our group,” Swayman stated. “It’s one thing I haven’t shared earlier than (the back-to-back shutouts) with one other goalie. Korpi, massive hats off to him for main the way in which.”
The Bruins received their second consecutive sport for simply the second time this season. The primary back-to-back wins sport when the Black and Gold defeated the Montreal Canadiens and Los Angeles Kings within the first week of the season.
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“It’s simply actually particular to see our group come collectively and never take no for a solution,” Swayman stated. “The way in which that we pounced on them early, I believe set the tone for the entire sport.
“… It was sense within the locker room of figuring out that we’re not enjoying to our commonplace but. There’s a lot room to enhance, and I believe that’s our mindset proper now could be ensuring that we’re doing our job day-after-day to the max of our talents, and it’s actually nice to see the blokes getting rewarded for that.”
The Bruins will look to construct on the wins and lengthen their streak to a few video games on Tuesday night time in Toronto once they tackle the Maple Leafs.
“I believe the way in which our protection clogged the center and made positive that in the event that they’re going to get a Grade A (probability) they ‘re going to must work for it,” Swayman stated. “You noticed the blocked photographs tonight, the hassle the blokes gave, and I believe the offense had a number of shut calls, too. It’s, once more, quite a bit to construct on however nonetheless quite a bit to work on, and that’s our mindset transferring ahead.”
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