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Jim Montgomery maps out Bruins’ potential plan for goalie rotation in playoffs

With just four regular-season games left on the docket, Jim Montgomery and the Bruins have some decisions to make.

The most pressing call revolves around Boston’s plan between the pipes with Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman.

Boston has achieved plenty of regular-season success over the last two years by allocating even reps between both netminders. But the playoffs are an entirely different animal — which might have prompted Montgomery and his staff to deviate from that script against Florida last spring.

The Bruins’ goalie rotation fell to the wayside during the team’s crushing first-round exit last year, with Ullmark logging six straight starts before Swayman was thrown into the fire in Game 7.