Jeremy Swayman blanks Blackhawks as Bruins improve to 6-0-0

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[October 25, 2023]  Three players scored and Jeremy Swayman pitched a 23-save shutout to lead the Boston Bruins to a 3-0 win over the host Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.
 
Pavel Zacha, Matthew Poitras and Trent Frederic all lit the lamp for Boston, which finished off a four-game road trip and improved to 6-0-0 for only the second time in franchise history. The Bruins are in their 100th season. 

Oct 24, 2023; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy (73) shoots the puck on Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Petr Mrazek (34) during the second period at United Center. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-USA TODAY Sports

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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