Bruins Beat Panthers 4-1 for Fourth Straight Win: Swayman's Season-High 40 Saves, Three First-Period Goals
The Boston Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 4-1 at TD Garden on November 8 for their fourth straight win. Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman made a season-high 40 saves as Boston improved to 13-4-1 overall and 8-1-0 at home.
Boston scored three times in the first period. Elias Lindholm opened the scoring at 4:50 with a wrist shot from just inside the blue line that was awarded after a video review overturned the initial no-goal call. Michael Eyssimont, recalled from Providence of the AHL on Saturday, made it 2-0 at 6:11, and Morgan Geekie extended the lead at 15:59 on a 5-on-3 power play, set up by David Pastrnak, for his fourth goal in four games. Carter Verhaeghe's power-play goal at 18:05 was Florida's only score of the night.
JJ Peterka made it 4-1 just 58 seconds into the third period, finishing a feed from Pastrnak in the left face-off circle. Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha each had two assists. Florida goaltender Jacob Markstrom made 32 saves.
Swayman said afterward that the key was everyone doing their job while he focused on one shot at a time. Bruins head coach Marco Sturm praised the fast start and called it another group effort, saying it was very important to open a big week with a win over a strong divisional opponent.
Florida fell to 9-7-2 with its second straight loss and third defeat in four games. The Panthers were only the second Atlantic Division opponent Boston has faced this season, after a 4-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on October 5.
Source: NHL
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Photo: 图：棕熊门将 Jeremy Swayman（资料图，非本场画面）。Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0，已预裁16:9。/ Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman (file photo, not from this game). Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
