Team USA skated off the TD Garden ice empty-handed on Thursday — their hopes of claiming the nation’s first “best-on-best” hockey title since 1996 dashed when Canada’s Connor McDavid rifled a puck into twine 8:18 into overtime of the 4 Nations Face-Off championship.
This has been a disappointing season for the Boston Bruins. At the start of the year, most NHL observers believed they would have a spot in the top three of the Atlantic Division, something they have maintained for years.
Jeremy Swayman hasn’t played a minute in the 4 Nations Face-Off and you’d never know it by the smile on the Team USA/Bruins goalie’s face following Thursday’s morning skate.
Swayman saved 26 of the 29 shots he faced in Saturday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Ducks.
Brad Marchand, Elias Lindholm and Jeremy Swayman have no choice but to deliver returning to the Bruins, who are up against it.
As the squad's No. 3 goaltender behind Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck and Jake Oettinger of the Dallas Stars, he only saw duty as a backup once: in an essentially meaningless contest against Sweden after the Americans had already clinched a spot in the championship game.
The Team USA hockey WAGs are showing out at the 4 Nations Face-Off with Jeremy Swayman's girlfriend Alessandra showing off custom puffer jackets.
Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman feels optimistic about his potential spot on Team USA’s roster following the 4 Nations Face-Off.
Leo Carlsson scored with 1:21 left in overtime to give Anaheim a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins and extend the Ducks’ winning streak to four straight games.
After Trevor Zegras scored with 2:33 left in the first, former Bruin/UMass star/East Longmeadow native Frank Vatrano scored in his latest return to TD Garden with 38 seconds left in the first period to give the Ducks a 2-0 lead at the first intermission.
Fans booed Boston after it fell 2 goals behind Anaheim after the first period in an eventual 3-2 loss for the Bruins.
Two nights after TD Garden hosted the thrilling 4 Nations Face-Off finale, the Bruins will go back to work on their Eastern Conference wild-card chase.