BOSTON — After the Bruins missed a chance to win in regulation, Jeremy Swayman made sure they still came away with a victory.

Swayman made four saves in overtime as Boston weathered an overtime penalty kill and then made three stops in the shootout, including a pair of terrific ones.

Casey Mittelstadt scored the lone shootout goal with a nifty backhand move as the Bruins prevailed 3-2 on Saturday at TD Garden.

These two teams will play again on Tuesday in Detroit.

The first period didn’t feature a goal, but there was notable action regardless. Each goalie stopped a breakaway Swayman thwarted Nate Danielson early and Cam Talbot turned back Morgan Geekie.

It had been over a month (Oct. 19) since Mark Kastelic had a fight, but the Bruins forward didn’t look rusty. He roughed up Morit

See Full Page