Jeremy Swayman stops 18 shots, David Pastrnak scores on breakaway as Bruins beat Columbus, 4-0 – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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BOSTON (AP) — Jeremy Swayman stopped 18 photographs for his second shutout of the season, David Pastrnak scored on a clear breakaway and the Boston Bruins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-0 on Saturday to separate consecutive-night, home-and-home video games between the groups.

Morgan Geekie, Justin Brazeau and Cole Koepke additionally scored for the Bruins, who received for the fifth time in seven video games. Swayman is 7-1-1 in his final 9 begins.

Boston defenseman Charlie McAvoy took a tough test from Mathieu Olivier that banged his head into the glass. After being on the ice for some time, he went to the locker room earlier than returning a couple of minutes later.

Pastrnak collected a go from Geekie close to middle ice, broke in alone and shifted the puck earlier than beating goalie Daniil Tarasov (24 saves) with a wrister inside the suitable submit to make it 3-0 at 8:18 of the second interval.

Columbus had received three of 4 video games.

Takeaways

Blue Jackets: Had outscored the Bruins 11-3 within the first two conferences this season, however had bother producing scoring possibilities.

Bruins: Following an embarrassing loss on Friday, they responded with the kind of tight-checking defensive play that’s helped them go 12-5-1 since interim coach Joe Sacco took over for the fired Jim Montgomery.

Key second

Geekie’s unassisted objective gave the Bruins management with a 2-0 lead 6:29 into the second. He collected defenseman Damon Severson’s blind, backhand go within the slot earlier than firing a rising wrister inside the suitable submit.

Key stat

Columbus had only one shot on objective throughout a four-minute energy play when Bruins middle Mark Kastelic was given a double-minor for high-sticking halfway by way of the second. The Blue Jackets went 3 for 3 on the facility play for the primary time in franchise historical past in a lopsided win on Friday.