Swayman makes 40 saves as Bruins beat Panthers 4–1

Jeremy Swayman stopped 40 of 41 shots Sunday as the Boston Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 4–1 at TD Garden for their fourth straight win. Florida outshot Boston 41–36.

Elias Lindholm opened the scoring 4:50 into the first period after a video review reversed the initial no-goal call. Michael Eyssimont made it 2–0 at 6:11 in his first NHL game of the season, one day after Boston recalled him from Providence. Morgan Geekie added a goal with Boston skating five-on-three at 15:59.

Carter Verhaeghe scored Florida’s only goal on the power play late in the first. JJ Peterka restored Boston’s three-goal lead 58 seconds into the third. David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha each assisted on the goals by Geekie and Peterka. Jacob Markstrom made 32 saves for Florida.

Nikita Zadorov and Brady Tkachuk fought at the opening faceoff. Mark Kastelic and Garnet Hathaway received fighting majors at 6:32 of the first. The teams combined for 126 penalty minutes.