Jeremy Swayman lifts Bruins in shootout over Detroit, 3-2

The Bruins tried to give the tournament away on Saturday but Jeremy Swayman refused to lose After the B s coughed up two leads in the third period Swayman stopped Lucas Raymond Patrick Kane and Alex DeBrincat while Casey Mittelstadt scored the only goal in the shootout to lift the B s to a - shootout win over the Detroit Red Wings Swayman stopped of shots in regulation and overtime and improved to - in November The Bruins outshot - in the third could not preserve two one-goal leads in the third with the second tying goal coming from Michael Rasmussen with left in regulation with the extra skater on for Detroit In OT the B s had to kill off an Elias Lindholm penalty their fifth PK of the battle and they did so On the ensuing -on- the B s had a couple of decent chances but they could not find the mark Mittelstadt did in the shootout however and the B s took the first half of the home-and-home with Detroit Despite giving the Wings two power plays in the scoreless first period the B s held a - shot advantage in a period that didn t have a lot of scoring chances But both teams did have one breakaway chance apiece Nate Danielson the ninth overall pick in the draft broke in alone on a Wings PP but Swayman came up with the big stop Detroit netminder Cam Talbot returned the favor a insufficient moments later when Lindholm sprung Morgan Geekie for clean breakaway but Geekie could not beat Talbot to the glove side There had been several pushing and shoving here and there in the first but it blossomed into full-blown fisticuffs with seconds left in the period when Mark Kastelic squared up with Detroit s fine young defenseman Moritz Seider Seider hung in there for a bit but Kastelic soon took over and scored a clean knockdown with a right cross Seider didn t come out for the second period but he did return to the bench at of the middle period The B s fourth line buzzed the zone on the final shift and Jeffrey Viel playing in his first encounter since hitting his head on the ice in a fight with Radko Gudas in Anaheim drew a hooking penalty on Ben Chiarot That gave the B s a power play to start the second They did not outcome on it thanks to a great Talbot save on Alex Steeves after he was set up beautifully by Geekie But the B s held the momentum and took the first lead of the meeting at After a strong shift inside the Detroit zone Lindholm one-timed a shot from the right point and Geekie tipped it home for his th of the season The B s had to kill off a Hampus Lindholm interference penalty which they did with little difficulty But just after the penalty was up Michael Rasmussen ascertained himself all alone in front of Swayman The netminder turned away the first bid that came right back to Rasmussen and then Swayman managed to get his glove on the second more dangerous chance The B s nearly doubled the lead in the final seconds of the second when off a faceoff with just six seconds left Andrew Peeke managed to get off a shot that Elias Lindholm tipped just wide The Wings pushed in the third period Swayman was forced to make good saves on Emmitt Finnie and then J T Compher on odd-man rushes to preserve the slim lead But Swayman could not keep them off the board all night After Marat Khusnutdinov made a defensive zone steal his backhand clear attempt was picked off at the blue line and Lucas Raymond tipped home Dylan Larkin s shot pass at Tempers rose again when Tanner Jeannot tattooed Detroit defenseman Axel Sandin-Pellikka by the Wings bench Kastelic and Ben Chiarot got into it both earning roughing penalties but nothing came of the -on- The B s got a power play with left in regulation when Chiarot high-sticked Steeves barely and it didn t take long before the B s regained the lead Once the B s gained the zone Casey Mittelstadt fed Geekie for a one-timer and his th of the year with remaining in the third But Peeke took a tripping penalty just seconds later Swayman came up with a big glove save on Alex DeBrincat and they B s made the kill again But with Talbot pulled Steeves missed a backhander on the open net and the Wings tied it again with left in regulation Hampus Lindholm over-committed to the right side leaving Patrick Kane open to take Raymond s pass on the right side and the future Hall of Famer fed Michael Rasmussen for the equalizing redirect