Bruins Postgame: Ullmark, Bruins Beat Preds 3-0 In Gutsy Win

Maybe more teams should try and trade a former Vezina Trophy winner before the NHL Trade Deadline like the Boston Bruins did last month.

2023 Vezina Trophy winner Linus Ullmark made 32 saves in a gutsy 3-0 Bruins win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. With the win, the Bruins (76 GP, 44-17-15, 103 pts) pulled ahead of the Florida Panthers (76 GP, 44-27-5, 99 pts), who lost 5-3 to the Montreal Canadiens, for first place in the Atlantic Division.

They also pulled to within one point of the New York Rangers (75 GP, 50-21-4, 104 pts) for the Eastern Conference lead but still trailed the Dallas Stars (75 GP, 47-19-9, 103 pts) for second overall in the NHL.

Ullmark and Predators goalie Juuse Saros (30 saves) were in an old-fashioned goalies’ dual until Charlie Coyle broke a scoreless game with a shorthanded goal 13:18 into the third period. That paved the way for two more Bruins goals – one by Pavel Zacha (1g, 1a) exactly four minutes later and then an empty-net goal by Bruins superstar David Pastrnak (1g, 1a) 1:18 later – that gave the Bruins maybe one of their best wins of the 2023-24 regular season.

Here’s your Boston Hockey Now Bruins Postgame:

CLUTCH: As mentioned above, Boston Bruins goalie, just as he had been since the March 8 NHL Trade Deadline, Linus Ullmark, was in Vezina form and earned his second shutout of the season. Ullmark is now 20-9-7 with a 2.57 GAA and a .916 save percentage.