You can’t win if you don’t shoot the puck. The Bruins didn’t shoot the puck much on Saturday night and took a well-deserved loss.
Round one of the goalie battle between Jeremy Swayman and Linus Ullmark went to the Ottawa Senators and Ullmark on Saturday night at the Garden.
Ullmark can thank his old Bruin teammates for that.
In a 2-2 game, the Bruins got zero shots on net in the third period and then, after forcing Ullmark to make one great save in overtime on a 2-on-1 on Elias Lindholm, Brady Tkachuk beat Swayman on a 2-on-1 just 21 seconds into OT.
Ullmark was the center of attention as soon as he stepped onto the ice for warmups. After getting a sizable cheer from the Garden fans who’d come in early, he skated to the red line for a muted hug with his old buddy Jeremy Swayman, then the two posed for team photographer Steve Babineau for a quick shot.
In the first TV timeout, the B’s gave Ullmark the customary video tribute on the Jumbotron and the netminder glided out to the middle of the blue line to show his appreciation.
As for the hockey in the opening 20 minutes, it was rerun of much of the season for the B’s – they lost the special teams battle and went down 1-0 in the waning seconds of the period.
