Boston Bruins
The Bruins will face the Atlantic Division champion Buffalo Sabres within the first spherical of the NHL playoffs.
BOSTON (AP) — Mark Kasetlic scored twice within the first interval, Jeremy Swayman earned his second shutout of the season and the Boston Bruins clinched the highest wild-card spot within the Jap Convention with a 4-0 win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night time.
Boston wanted a win to lock up the highest wild-card place. The Bruins will face the Atlantic Division champion Buffalo Sabres within the first spherical of the NHL playoffs.
Ten Boston gamers recorded factors within the sport. Sean Kuraly had a pair of assists and David Pastrnak reached 100 factors for the fourth straight season with an help on one of many Bruins’ 4 targets within the first.
Morgan Geekie and Viktor Arvidsson additionally scored for Boston, which completed the common season below first-year coach Marco Sturm at 45-27-10 and returned to the playoffs one 12 months after tying for the worst file within the Jap Convention at 33-39-10.
After congratulating Swayman, the Bruins gathered at middle ice and raised their sticks to salute their followers.
New Jersey goalie Nico Daws allowed 4 targets on 12 pictures within the opening interval earlier than getting some stronger defensive help the remainder of the way in which. Daws completed with 23 saves.
Swayman stopped 21 pictures for his first shutout since a 3-0 win over Detroit on Jan. 13 and the 18th of his profession.
Boston received targets within the opening and shutting minutes of the primary and took agency command with a 4-0 lead after one interval.
Geekie scored 53 seconds in and Arvidsson scored his twenty fifth of the season with simply 6.4 seconds left within the interval. In between, Kastelic scored twice and the Bruins cruised the remainder of the way in which towards the lottery-bound Devils, who completed 42-37-3.
Pastrnak wanted another purpose to succeed in 30 for the ninth time, which might have been a primary in franchise historical past.
Devils: Carried out for the season.
Bruins: Go to Buffalo within the first spherical of the playoffs.
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