Jeremy Swayman stops 26 photographs to steer the Bruins over the Lightning 4-0

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jeremy Swayman stopped all 26 photographs he confronted to steer the Boston Bruins to a 4-0 victory in opposition to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.

Cole Koepke scored twice in opposition to his former group. Mark Kastelic and Nikita Zadorov additionally scored for Boston which gained for simply the second time in 10 video games.

Swayman recorded his fourth shutout of the season and sixteenth of his profession.

Andrei Vasilevskiy completed with 21 saves for Tampa Bay.

Boston took the lead after Casey Mittelstadt intercepted a Nick Perbix cross within the impartial zone and located Koepke. As Koepke reduce to the online and tried to slide a puck by way of the pads that Vasilevskiy stopped, Oliver Bjorkstrand tried to clear the puck out of the paint however hit Vasilevskiy’s pad and the puck rebounded into the online at 10:32 of the second interval.

Bruins: Swayman’s final win got here Feb. 4 in opposition to Minnesota. He was 0-4-2 in his earlier six begins. … Boston entered the sport with a 2-10-1 highway document since Dec. 31. … Mittelstadt, acquired from Colorado on Friday, picked up an help in his Boston debut.

Lightning: Defenseman Victor Hedman took half in pregame warmup however missed the sport with a lower-body damage and is taken into account each day. … Tampa Bay’s seven-game dwelling successful streak was snapped.

Brandon Hagel had the tying objective on his keep on with Tampa Bay down 1-0 within the third interval because the puck was within the crease and the online open, however Swayman was in a position to get his stick on the try cease at 4:20.

Tampa Bay was shut out for the second time in 16 video games after going 113 consecutive video games with out being shut out between Nov. 14, 2023, and Jan. 25, 2025.

On Tuesday, Boston will host Florida and the Lightning go to Carolina.