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Marc Bertrand: Jeremy Swayman slayed the 1-3-5-7 plan

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SUNRISE, FL - MAY 6: Goaltender Jeremy Swayman #1 of the Boston Bruins stops a shot by Kyle Okposo #8 of the Florida Panthers during second period action in Game One of the Second Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Amerant Bank Arena on May 6, 2024 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kyle Okposo;Jeremy Swayman

On Tuesday’s edition of Zolak & Bertrand, Marc “Beetle” Bertrand admitted that Jeremy Swayman has slayed the 1-3-5-7 plan.

You can’t take him out of net right now…

Marc Bertrand: I just want to say, I think 1-3-5-7 is dead, dead, dead, dead. But I am not opposed to Linus Ullmark starting again at some point. And I think everybody should be of that mindset whenever this streak of play for Swayman comes to an end. Then you give him a rest. I mean, last night to me was a big question mark type of night, right? Could he carry over what he did in Game 7 7 into this series? Short turnaround, travel, different opponent, all of it. He did of it. He was spectacular. You cannot not play him.

Tim McKone: The 1-3-5-7 is dead.

Marc Bertrand: It’s dead. Swayman killed it. Swayman slayed the 1-3-5-7. The bulldog ook it by the horns and smashed it into the ground.

Tim McKone: I mean, if you’re a Bruins fan, you couldn’t have asked for a better performance last night. Like you said, Swayman showed up, was the same goalie that he was, and the guys came ready to play from the first period. That was an impressive performance last night from the bronze.

Marc Bertrand: Yeah, it was. And, I thought they did things in this game that they weren’t doing in the last series. I just know that at certain points, right out of the gate, to go back to Swayman the early save in the first two minutes of the game. Ridiculous. Tone setting type of save right out of the gate. But the Bruins did a good job keeping the puck in the offensive zone and trying to create chances. They did. It was noticeably better last night than it was against Toronto. They had zone time last night. They had multiple shots on the same entry, right? I mean, these were things that just weren’t happening against Toronto.

May 6, 2024; Sunrise, Florida, USA; Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman (1) makes a save against the Florida Panthers during the third period in game one of the second round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amerant Bank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports
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May 6, 2024; Sunrise, Florida, USA; Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman (1) makes a save against the Florida Panthers during the third period in game one of the second round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amerant Bank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports

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Tyler Milliken started out at the Sports Hub as an intern in 2020 for the Zolak & Bertrand program before eventually becoming the associate producer in late 2021. He often joins the baseball conversation on Zolak & Bertrand and is a contributor to The Baseball Hour throughout the season. Along with that, he has been a co-host on DraftKings Name Redacted Podcast with Jared Carrabis for the last two years, where they cover everything going on with the Red Sox. Born and raised in Brockton, he reps the city proudly.

Bruins pour it on Panthers, take Game 1 by 5-1 final

The Boston Bruins officially have momentum.

Boston poured it on the Florida Panthers in Monday night’s Game 1, scoring three times in the second period and taking a 1-0 lead in their best-of-seven second-round playoff series by a 5-1 final. The Bruins got their first four goals from unlikely sources, forwards Morgan Geekie and Justin Brazeau, and defensemen Brandon Carlo and Mason Lohrei.

Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman, meanwhile, stopped 38-of-39 Florida shots (.974), making big saves early and often, and coming through in key moments late. The Panthers mostly struggled to solve Swayman, despite out-shooting the Bruins 39-29 and generating 16 high-danger scoring chances.

It’s become something of a routine for the Bruins to play tight games early on, and Game 1 against the Panthers was no different. The teams battled to a scoreless draw in the opening 20 minutes, with the Bruins holding a 14-9 edge in shots on goal at 5-on-5, and 8-2 in high-danger chances.

Both teams had golden scoring opportunities at the doorstep. Swayman extended his right pad to make a huge save on Florida’s Anton Lundell, less than a minute into the game.

David Pastrnak had a juicy chance of his own after intercepting a pass attempt in the Panthers’ end, but couldn’t quite finish his deke through goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.

  • It was in the second period that the floodgates opened, especially for the Bruins. But the Panthers drew first blood, capitalizing on a Charlie McAvoy turnover on a breakout attempt. Panthers star winger Matthew Tkachuk shot around a screen and under Swayman’s blocker to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead.

  • The Panthers’ only lead of the game was short-lived. Continuing a trend from Game 7 against the Maple Leafs, the Bruins quickly answered. And it came off the stick of Geekie, who has been elevated to a top-six center role in recent games. The move finally paid off, as Geekie finished a rebound off the initial shot by linemate Pastrnak to tie it 1-1, just 1:07 after the Tkachuk goal.

  • Less than four minutes later, the Bruins struck again, with what turned out to technically be the game-winning goal. This time, the emerging Lohrei confidently handled a pass down low in the faceoff circle, and picked the short-side corner over Bobrovsky’s shoulder for his first career playoff goal.

  • With just 21 seconds left in the second period, the Bruins got their most heartwarming goal of the night. Carlo, who just welcomed the arrival of his second child Monday morning, arrived in Florida in time for the game and ended up firing home his second goal of the playoffs to make it 3-1 Bruins.

  • Not to be outdone by his teammates, Brazeau made one of the most impressive offensive plays of the game to put the B’s up three in the third period. The 6-foot-5 winger protected the puck as he cut in front of Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad and finished around Bobrovsky with his backhand to make it 4-1.

  • Jake DeBrusk added an empty net goal in the third period to officially put the game out of reach, but in reality, it already was. That’s mainly thanks to Swayman, who held off an early third-period flurry by the Panthers to earn his second straight win and fifth in seven starts so far. He may have locked up the Bruins’ starting goaltending job for a while.

    Game 2 between the Bruins and Panthers takes place Wednesday night, with puck drop at 7:30 p.m. ET.

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