Bruins’ Swayman will get into goalie combat with Tampa’s Vasilevskiy
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Swayman and Vasilevskiy dropped the gloves in entrance of over 74,000 followers at Raymond James Stadium.
TAMPA — Jeremy Swayman lastly received his want.
The Bruins goalie and Tampa Bay Lightning netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy dropped the gloves in a uncommon scrap between goalies — energizing a crowd of over 74,000 at Raymond James Stadium throughout the Sunday’s Stadium Collection out of doors sport.
With the Bruins holding a 5-2 lead over Tampa previous the halfway level of the second interval, the temperature spiked on a cold evening in Tampa after Lightning ahead Brandon Hagel tried to jam unfastened a puck in Swayman’s pads.
Charlie McAvoy took exception and knocked Hagel to the ice, with an incensed Swayman becoming a member of within the fray by touchdown just a few shoves in opposition to the Lightning ahead.
After Swayman eliminated himself from the dogpile, he seemed down the opposite finish of the ice at Vasilevskiy — skating out of his crease because the Tampa goalie made his option to middle ice.
With a hockey stick nonetheless wedged into his pads, Swayman met Vasilevskiy close to the blue line — with the duo dropping the gloves and eradicating their masks as the group roared in approval.
The precise scrap wasn’t precisely a heavyweight bout — with Vasilevskiy finally taking Swayman to the ice after each traded just a few hooks.
Nonetheless, it turned what was trying like a lopsided Bruins victory right into a nail-biter after 40 minutes of play — with the Lightning scoring three unanswered targets (all on the ability play) within the second interval to make it a 5-4 sport going into the third interval.
Each Swayman and Vasilevskiy had been issued five-minute main penalties for preventing and an extra two-minute penalty for leaving the crease to participate within the combat.
Each netminders stayed within the sport, with Swayman gathering one other penalty within the interval for a delay of sport after firing the puck over the glass.
Sunday was Swayman’s first combat as a professional, however the 27-year-old netminder has had run-ins earlier than.
Final March, Swayman almost received right into a combat with Kings goalie Darcy Kuemper earlier than the refs intervened.
In an eventual additional time win over the Canadiens in November 2023, Swayman appeared to problem Habs goalie Sam Montembeault down the opposite finish of the ice after a full line scrap spilled out round his internet.
Only a few months later, Swayman skated out to middle ice to problem Maple Leafs goalie Joseph Woll after extra post-whistle pleasantries had been exchanged between Boston and Toronto.
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