When Boston Bruins coach Marco Sturm announced that Jeremy Swayman was starting a third straight game against the New York Islanders, it opened some eyes. All signs pointed to Joonas Korpisalo starting, but Boston's first-year head coach went with the hot hand.
“That’s why he was back in (Wednesday night),” said Sturm. “We, as coaches, had that feeling today that we can’t get him out of the net because he’s playing that well, and he showed it again today. How calm he was — that just gives us, I would say, a little bit of extra juice.