Boston Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman has now won six straight games against the Leafs, including five this season. His success against the Leafs combined with the two-day break in the series may bring an end to the goalie rotation but Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery isn't tipping his hand.
Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe held a media availability at the Ford Performance Centre on Thursday. The Boston Bruins held a media availability at their hotel. Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman has now won six straight games against the Leafs, including five this season.
"Those are things within the game that you don't really want to allow to happen," said Bruins defenceman Brandon Carlo."We're not going to allow them to push us around in that regard. You could see it right away on the bench from Patty Maroon. I didn't see it, but he was making sure that everybody had known that Domi had done that."
"We're going to have more rest, but the rotation's been so good for us," Montgomery said."So, you know, it's a hard decision." The last time Swayman made consecutive starts – Feb. 19 at home against Dallas and Feb. 21 at Edmonton – it didn't go well in the second game. Swayman allowed five goals on 42 shots in an overtime win over the Oilers. But in that situation there was significant travel involved and Swayman faced more than 40 shots in each game. "Personally, I don't want rest," the 25-year-old from Alaska told reporters following Wednesday's 28-save performance.
Marchand has not taken a penalty in the series. He has only taken one minor in his last 11 playoff games. "I can tell you that any player that plays against him hates to play against him," said Carlo,"and any player that plays with him loves to play with him." "We were so-so," Bertuzzi said."We played alright. Offensively we were making some plays, playing simple. We still have to be a little bit better defensively. After tying it we can't let it goal in after that."
Matthews, Bertuzzi and Domi caught fire down the stretch after Marner got hurt and missed 12 games. Nylander's return would benefit the Leafs in every area of the game, including the power play. Toronto went 0/5 on Wednesday and is just 1/11 in the series. Like the Leafs, the Bruins struggled on the power play down the stretch. Unlike the Leafs, they decided to make a bold move on the eve of the playoffs by going to a more balanced approach with two units. Jake DeBrusk, who is on the second unit, has three of the power play goals. The unit with 47-goal man David Pastrnak on it has yet to strike in the series.
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