Joonas Korpisalo readily admitted that he wasn’t at his best all day on Monday. But given the opportunity to preserve a win for the Bruins against the San Jose Sharks, the netminder showed up at the right time.

When Joe Sacco changed goalies heading into the third period and the Bruins down three in Wednesday’s 5-1 loss, the natural assumption was that Boston’s interim head coach was resting Jeremy Swayman to give himself the option to start him again at home on Thursday.

Dawson Mercer scored twice during New Jersey's four-goal second period, and the Devils beat the Boston Bruins 5-1 on Wednesday night.

In the first few months of the National Hockey League season, the Boston Bruins were getting inconsistent goaltending from their newly signed netminder Jeremy Swayman, and freshly acquired backup Joonas Korpisalo,

Korpisalo was busy in the second period, facing 14 shots and allowing two goals. Boston scored four unanswered goals in the third period to earn the victory. Korpisalo has posted a record of 8-4-2 with a 2.87 GAA and an .892 save percentage in 15 appearances this season.

Boston Bruins head coach Joe Sacco has announced that Joonas Korpisalo will be the club's starting goalie against the San Jose Sharks. View the original article to see embedded media. Korpisalo, 30, last played on Jan.

Korpisalo will defend the home crease against San Jose on Monday, Kevin Paul Dupont of The Boston Globe reports. Korpisalo hasn't seen much playing time recently since Jeremy Swayman has emerged as Boston's clear No.

Swayman stopped 25 out of 29 Devils shots he faced on the night. The Bruins were outmatched entirely by the Devils at that point of the contest, but Swayman did his best to keep the Original Six club in it. He made several big stops, but the Bruins could not stop the Devils' offense.

Thursday, 7 p.m., TD Bank Garden TV: TSN5 Radio: TSN 1200 Odds : Ottawa -260 Bruins +205 WE MEET AGAIN What can the Senators and Bruins do for an encore? To call the Senators’ comeback 6-5 shootout victory over the Bruins to kick off Hockey Day in Canada last Saturday at the Canadian Tire Centre wild would be an understatement.

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Following a disappointing 5-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, Boston Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov didn't mince words about his team's ongoing struggles.

After an important 6-3 win over the San Jose Sharks, Boston Bruins interim coach Joe Sacco sent Brad Marchand and the rest of the locker room a strong statement about helping David Pastrnak.