Jeremy Swayman stellar in web in Bruins’ victory over Islanders

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Behind the play of Swayman and Steeves, Boston closed out a four-game trek that stretched from coast-to-coast with a 2-2-0 document.

ELMONT, N.Y. — Handed the web for the third consecutive sport, Jeremy Swayman confirmed no early results of tryptophan on the eve of Thanksgiving.

The Bruins’ netminder was sharp as soon as once more on Wednesday evening at UBS Area, stopping 44 of 45 pictures en path to a 3-1 win over the Islanders.

Behind the play of Swayman and a two-goal evening from Alex Steeves, Boston (14-11-0) closed out a four-game trek that stretched from coast-to-coast with a 2-2-0 document.

The Islanders (13-9-2) peppered Swayman all through, leaving the frozen sheet with a 45-14 benefit in pictures on aim.

However Boston’s bottom-six grouping generated sufficient offense to maintain Marco Sturm’s membership afloat.

Steeves and Tanner Jeannot each discovered the again of the web within the opening two intervals, whereas Steeves went for seconds within the third interval to present Boston some respiration room.

Boston as soon as once more bumped into some penalty woes with 4 separate minor infractions. However the Bruins’ PK unit shifted momentum again on Boston’s facet — negating all 4 Islanders energy performs and including a shorthanded strike from Steeves within the third.

A pricey neutral-zone turnover by Bruins winger Matej Blumel allowed New York to land the primary punch.

Shortly after Blumel’s miscue, Islanders heart Mathew Barzal put his slick mitts to good use — dangling previous Pavel Zacha close to the crease earlier than tucking the puck previous an outstretched Swayman to make it 1-0 simply 4:41 into the competition.

Blumel — slotted again into the lineup on Wednesday in hopes of including some scoring punch — logged simply 2:02 of ice time towards New York. Boston dominated him out with a lower-body damage halfway by the opening interval.

New York’s early lead didn’t final lengthy. Simply 1:42 after Barzal lit the lamp, Steeves countered — pouncing on a puck close to the blue paint and knocking it previous Ilya Sorokin to knot the sport up at one aim apiece.

Steeves’ Grade-A try — the byproduct of a hard-working shift from Boston’s fourth line — was one in all simply three pictures on aim the Bruins registered towards Sorokin within the preliminary 20 minutes.

Down the opposite finish of the ice, Swayman turned apart 10 of 11 New York pictures within the first — aided by a well timed help from Hampus Lindholm.

With 2:10 to go within the first, Swayman wasn’t capable of correctly corral a pointy wrister from Simon Holmstrom, with the skittering puck leaking by and gliding towards the aim line. The go-ahead aim was negated by Lindholm, who swept it again towards Swayman and out of hazard.

A Bruins’ offense reliant on Morgan Geekie for 5 of their final six targets getting into Wednesday evening acquired extra secondary scoring within the second.

After Mark Kastelic compelled a turnover within the impartial zone, Boston’s third line went to work with Fraser Minten fishing the puck out of a mass of skaters within the slot. It landed proper on Jeannot’s tape, who promptly snapped the providing previous Sorokin’s glove to place Boston forward, 2-1.

It was one of many few possibilities Boston managed to generate within the second, with the Bruins going practically 11 minutes between pictures on aim within the interval.

After 40 minutes, New York held a 22-11 edge in pictures — with Swayman stopping all 11 within the second.

The Bruins picked a superb time to safe their first shorthanded tally of the season.

With the Islanders pushing looking for the equalizer within the third, Steeves took benefit of an ill-advised feed from Islanders rookie phenom Matthew Schaefer.

On the next two-on-one rush, Minten managed to get Schaefer to chunk on a toe drag — opening a passing lane for Minten to feed Steeves for his second aim of the night.

New York pulled Sorokin with over three minutes left in regulation, however Swayman didn’t budge to shut out the victory.

After a short respite for Thanksgiving, Boston will host the Rangers in a Black Friday matinee sport at TD Backyard. Puck drop is 1 p.m.

 

Conor Ryan is a employees author protecting the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, and Purple Sox for Boston.com, a job he has held since 2023.