Last night, the Boston Bruins put a letter on Nikita Zadorov's jersey for the first time, making him an alternate captain, with both Charlie McAvoy and Elias Lindholm not in the lineup Wednesday in Anaheim.

​Boston was also skating shorthanded. Regular veterans like Charlie McAvoy, Viktor Arvidsson and Elias Lindholm were all sidelined with injury, making room for Providence call-ups Riley Tufte and Matěj Blümel to make their season debut. It takes time, however, for things to seamlessly come together.​

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Riley Tufte spoiled the shutout with 10 seconds left and Jeremy Swayman made 29 saves for the Bruins, who had a six-game home-winning streak halted and lost for just the second time in 10 games overall. Swayman's personal five-game winning streak was stopped.

Pavel Zacha poked in a rebound with 6 seconds left in overtime and Joonas Korpisalo made 20 saves to lead the Bruins to their fifth straight win, 3-2 over the Senators.

BOSTON - Two-point performances from Taylor Hall and Joel Nystrom, as well as a 29-save showing from Pyotr Kochetkov, led the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-1 victory over the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Monday.