BOSTON — Three days after giving his goalie a quick hook in Monday’s loss at Columbus, Bruins coach Jim Montgomery went right back to Jeremy Swayman on Thursday and was rewarded for it.
Swayman stopped all 28 shots he faced in Thursday’s 3-0 win over the San Jose Sharks at TD Garden. He made 13 stops in the third period to preserve his second shutout of the season. The performance ended both the Bruins’ three-game losing streak and his own three-game skid.
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Montgomery changed goalies midgame for the first time all season on Monday when he pulled Swayman 6:14 into the second period for Linus Ullmark with the Bruins down 2-0. The Bruins coach said he wasn’t blaming Swayman, just trying to spark his team. But Swayman seemed sparked anyway.
“I love the way Jeremy responded. The way I expected him to respond,” Montgomery said. “He’s a battler. He’s a competitor. That’s why you love having him between the pipes.”
Swayman told reporters on Wednesday that he was motivated:
“I want to finish every game I start, that’s an edge that I know I play with,” he said. “The guys all trust me that I’m gonna battle no matter what. That’s gonna be something I’m gonna carry forward for the rest of my career.”
He channeled that momentum Thursday.
“That’s exactly what I wanted to do, make sure I’m keeping the puck out of the net. It feels good, but at the same time, plenty to work on still,” he said. “You want to use this as a momentum piece moving forward. We have a lot of games coming up. It was a good bounce back, but a new day tomorrow.”
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