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National Hockey League
Boston 3, Chicago 0
When: 8:30 PM ET, Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Bevan Mills
Attendance: 19370

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.

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

Top Game Performances
 
Boston   Chicago
Trent Frederic 1 Points N/A
Trent Frederic 1 Goals N/A
Charlie Coyle 1 Assists N/A
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Jeremy Swayman 1.000 Save Percentage Petr Mrazek .930
Jeremy Swayman 23 Saves Petr Mrazek 40
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Boston 43 3 0-4 3-3 8 33
Chicago 23 0 0-3 4-4 10 32
Upcoming Games
  • Chicago will play their next game on the road against Vegas. The Blackhawks have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .400 after a loss.
  • Boston will play their next game at home against Anaheim. The Bruins have a W/L % of 1.000 after a win and .000 after a loss.