In Boston, Charlie Coyle scored 30 seconds into the middle frame to stake the Bruins to a 1-0 lead over the visiting New Jersey Devils on Monday afternoon.
That was all the offense Jeremy Swayman needed as he made 31 saves in a 3-0 shutout.
“Shutouts are a team shutout, every night,” Swayman said. “Tonight was obviously a great example of that. Guys filling lanes, blocking shots, making my life easy so I can see every puck. And I had clear rebounds, so I think it’s definitely a team accolade.”
Boston moved to 26-8-9.
“That’s not an easy game for us after being in three different time zones,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “Momentum from the last game, the second and third period, the way we played, I think carried over into the first [win]. I think we were running out of fumes, but we really managed the game well.”
New Jersey dropped to 22-16-3.
“We had some opportunities around the front of the net that I think if we would have gone up, we would’ve been able to score,” Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. “But we knew it was going to be tight. We kept it tight. We gave ourselves a chance late.”
The score stayed 1-0 into the third period when David Pastrnak hit at 3:22 for a 2-0 lead off the power play.
“I think the first period set the tempo for the rest of the game,” Pastrnak said. “We had one of the better starts that we didn’t for a while, so we just tried to make sure we keep 
going.”
Boston sealed the win when Trent Frederic hit an empty net at 18:42 for the 3-0 final count on the scoreboard.
“Just his (Swayman) overall presence in the crease,” Montgomery said. “He’s always had a swagger and confidence to him, but now he really seems to be dialed in as to tracking and his depth in the crease.”
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