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The shutout was the 10th of Swayman's career in
only 91 regular-season games.
All 18 Boston skaters were credited with at least one of the
Bruins' season-high 43 shots on goal. Eighteen came in the
second period.
Zacha's first goal of the season at 3:50 of the second period
stood as the game-winner. The last two Boston goals came within
a 56-second span early in the third.
A 19-year-old rookie, Poitras has now scored three times over
his past two games.
Chicago did not register double-digit shots in any frame,
finishing the game with only 23 as a team.
Petr Mrazek stopped 40 shots for the Blackhawks, who have been
shut out twice during their current three-game skid.
The hosts looked to take a 1-0 lead at 12:54 of the first before
a coach's challenge for offsides wiped away star rookie Connor
Bedard's third NHL goal -- an open one-timer off Charlie Coyle's
turnover.
The Bruins took advantage of the momentum shift and went ahead
early in the middle period.
Zacha's tip-in score off a Kevin Shattenkirk point shot
highlighted Boston's dominant run of 14 consecutive shots on net
that lasted over nine minutes.
In the third, Poitras doubled the Bruins' lead at 4:06 when he
poked a puck free in his own zone and shot home a breakaway goal
as he closed in on Mrazek.
The line of James van Riemsdyk, Coyle and Frederic teamed up to
produce the second of Boston's quick-fire goals. After Coyle's
shot from the left wing, van Riemsdyk corralled the puck and fed
a backhand pass to Frederic to finish at the opposite post.
Bruins forward Jakub Lauko was cut near the eye by a skate late
in the third. Boston coach Jim Montgomery said Lauko ended up
being OK, but he did need stitches next to his eye.
--Field Level Media
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