Swayman makes 31 recoveries as NHL-best Bruins beat Officers 3-1
Jeremy Swayman made 31 recoveries to assist the Boston Bruins with beating the New York Officers 3-1 on Thursday night for their eighth triumph in nine games.
Pavel Zacha, Patrice Bergeron and Connor Clifton scored for NHL-driving Boston, which improved to 15-1-3 in its last 19 games. Brad Marchand and David Krejci each had two helps.
Swayman was chipping away at a shutout before New York defenseman Ben Harpur scored with 4:23 left. The goaltender improved to 6-0-2 in his last eight beginnings.
The Bruins moved to 36-5-4 generally speaking while the Officers lost their second in a row at home.
Zacha opened the scoring 1:19 into the primary time frame, diverting a Krejci shot past Officers goaltender Igor Shesterkin. It was Zacha’s eighth objective this season and the 30th point for the previous Demons forward.
Swayman made a few real stops in the first as the Bruins outshot the Officers 13-11.
He battled off a Braden Schneider shot with his cover and made maybe his best save at the period’s last second, covering a Chris Kreider redirection off a cross-ice pass from Artemi Panarin.
Bergeron, the 37-year-old Bruins commander, made it 2-0 at 4:42 of the second, snapping a shot from the high space past Shesterkin. Bergeron keeps on flourishing in his nineteenth NHL season with 17 objectives and 36 focuses.
Swayman denied Panarin on a breakaway 13 minutes into the second and kept the Officers under control during a late show of dominance possibility.
Clifton expanded the lead to 3-0 only 28 seconds into the third. It was his fourth on the season.
Boston was falling off a 4-1 street prevail upon the Islanders on Wednesday. It is 8-0-1 in its last nine street games and 15-4-1 out and about this season.
The Officers succeeded at Columbus on Monday after a 2-1 misfortune to Montreal at home on Sunday. New York had won seven of nine home games since Dec. 5.
Actually quite significant
The Bruins are 21-3-2 against Eastern Gathering adversaries. … Boston likewise won the past gathering, 5-2 on Nov. 3 in New York. … The groups meet again Walk 4 in Boston.
UP NEXT
Bruins: Host the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night.
Officers: Host the Florida Jaguars on Monday night.
