Swayman stops 24 shots for 1st shutout of season as Bruins beat Red Wings 3-0

BOSTON (AP) — Jeremy Swayman stopped 24 shots for his first shutout of the season, and the Boston Bruins beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-0 on Tuesday night.

Pavel Zacha, Fraser Minten and Mark Kastelic scored for the Bruins, who have won four straight and six of their last seven games.

Cam Talbot finished with a season high-tying 38 saves for the Red Wings, who snapped a four-game win streak and lost in regulation for just the third time in 13 games (9-3-1). Detroit also dropped into second place in the Atlantic Division — one point behind Tampa Bay, which beat Pittsburgh 2-1 in a shootout.

Zacha gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead with 9:01 remaining in the second period. Zacha skated around above the circles with the puck, briefly possession before getting it back, and skated into the high slot and fired a shot that beat Talbot above his glove.

Minton doubled Boston's lead at 3:49 of the third. Charlie McAvoy sent a long shot from center point that Talbot stopped. He followed it to get his own rebound, skated up and sent a pass to Minton on the left side outside the crease for the shot into the open side.

Kastelic sealed the win with an empty-netter with 3:59 to go.

Boston outshot Detroit 13-10 in a scoreless first period in which the Red Wings had a power play with two shots on goal and they allowed one short-handed attempt.

Red Wings: Host San Jose on Friday night.

Bruins: Host Seattle on Thursday night to finish a five-game homestand.

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Detroit Red Wings goaltender Cam Talbot makes a save on a shot by Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak (88) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston Bruins center Pavel Zacha, left, is congratulated by Casey Mittelstadt (11) after his goal against Detroit Red Wings goaltender Cam Talbot during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston Bruins center Fraser Minten, center, is congratulated after his goal against the Detroit Red Wings during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman makes a stick save during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Detroit Red Wings, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman (1) makes a glove save against Detroit Red Wings center Andrew Copp (18) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nikita Kucherov scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Tuesday night for their 11th straight win.

J.J. Moser scored in regulation and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 26 saves for the Lightning, who have not lost since a 2-1 defeat at home against Los Angeles on Dec. 18. Three of their wins during the streak have come after regulation.

The Lightning moved into first place in the Atlantic Division, one point ahead of the Detroit Red Wings, who lost 3-0 at Boston.

Evgeni Malkin scored for the Penguins and Arturs Silovs had 30 saves. Pittsburgh lost its third straight (0-2-1) since a six-game win streak.

Gage Goncalves scored for Tampa Bay in the second round of the tiebreaker, and Egor Chinakov tied it for Pittsburgh on their attempt in the third round. Kucherov then won it for the Lightning.

Moser gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead with 5:47 remaining in the third period. Yanni Gourde brought the puck up the right side and put a shot at Silovs that the goalie caught against his pad. However, the puck rolled out and lay in front and Moser skated up and knocked it in.

Malkin tied it with 2:16 left as he fired it past Vasilevskiy from the inside edge of the right circle for his 10th of the season.

The game was scoreless through the first two periods. The Lightning outshot the Penguins 10-8 in the first period that saw the Penguins have two power plays. Each team had nine shots on goal in the second with the Lightning getting two power plays and the Penguins one.

Lightning: At St. Louis on Friday night in the fourth of a five-game homestand.

Penguins: Host Philadelphia on Thursday night in the second of a three-game homestand.

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Pittsburgh Penguins' Bryan Rust (17) can't get his stick on the puck in front of Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) with Darren Raddysh (43) defending during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Penguins' Ryan Shea (5) collides with Tampa Bay Lightning's Yanni Gourde (37) in front of Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) smothers the puck before Pittsburgh Penguins' Evgeni Malkin (71) can get his stick on it with Declan Carlile (67) defending during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) blocks a shot by Pittsburgh Penguins' Rickard Rakell during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)