Jeremy Swayman will not play in Thursday's game against the Ottawa Senators due to an upper-body injury suffered the day before.
Trent Frederic will return to the Bruins lineup after missing two games with an illness. Sacco said there could be other game-time lineup changes. After Wednesday’s loss at New Jersey, Sacco said Swayman was “dealing with something minor” after he replaced him with Joonas Korpisalo in the third period.
Korpisalo will serve as the starting goaltender for Thursday's home game against the Senators, Joe McDonald of The Hockey News reports.
Swayman stopped 25 out of 29 Devils shots he faced on the night. The Bruins were outmatched entirely by the Devils at that point of the contest, but Swayman did his best to keep the Original Six club in it. He made several big stops, but the Bruins could not stop the Devils' offense.
Korpisalo appeared in relief and stopped five of six shots in Wednesday's 5-1 loss to New Jersey. Korpisalo entered the ice in the third period after Jeremy Swayman allowed four goals on 29 shots faced before being pulled.
Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman (undisclosed) will likely not dress against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. Swayman was pulled ahead of the third period in Wednesday's contest against the New Jersey Devils,
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Coach Joe Sacco is "cautiously optimistic" the goalie, who sustained the injury against New Jersey Wednesday night, will be available to play against Colorado on Saturday
The Boston Bruins have called up another player from AHL Providence and likely added another player to their ever-growing list of injuries. Boston recalled goalie Michael DiPietro on Thursday ahead of their game against the Ottawa Senators.
The Bruins hope to keep their own point streak going while keeping the Devils on the skids on Wednesday. Jeremy Swayman gets the start.
In the first few months of the National Hockey League season, the Boston Bruins were getting inconsistent goaltending from their newly signed netminder Jeremy Swayman, and freshly acquired backup Joonas Korpisalo,
When Joe Sacco changed goalies heading into the third period and the Bruins down three in Wednesday’s 5-1 loss, the natural assumption was that Boston’s interim head coach was resting Jeremy Swayman to give himself the option to start him again at home on Thursday.