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(Jeremy Swayman) was really good and we obviously wanted to give him the start in the outdoor game," coach Marco Sturm told reporters in Florida. "And this one today I think is a tricky one. We have the Olympics coming up and (Swayman's) probably thinking about that, too. We thought Korpi was playing really well. (Swayman) had already played three games in a row, so there's a lot more to it. We hope Korpi will be the right guy.

I think we can hang with everyone, even with some guys out.

In their last home game until February 26, the B's beat the Philadelphia Flyers, 6-3, on Thursday to sweep all nine home games in January and improve their home record to 21-8-1. Fraser Minten and Casey Mittelstadt led the way with three-point nights (1-2-3 totals each) and Jeremy Swayman made 33 saves. The only blemish on the night was the loss of Pavel Zacha to an upper body injury, leaving the game with 6:55 left in the second period. His prognosis was not immediately known.

But unlike the verdict in Manhattan, the B's were able to get the full two points on the table in overtime. It took just 15 seconds into OT. Mark Kastelic won the opening faceoff and Charlie McAvoy skated with it into the offensive zone. Marat Khusnutdinov jumped on for Kastelic and after a couple of passes, McAvoy sent a backhand pass at the top of the crease for the redirection goal for the 3-2 win.

Those are the games we'll talk about after our careers and stuff like that are done.

We talked before the game that this game was huge,

The Bruins placed left-shot defenseman Vladislav Kolyachonok on waivers on Tuesday for the purpose of sending him to Providence. The B's had claimed the 24-year-old Kolyachonok off waivers from Dallas on December 16 at a time that their blue line was hit by injuries but he got into only two games for the B's since then. Showing an eagerness to jump into the play, he nonetheless posted no points and was minus-1.

The Boston Bruins came up short in the Rasmus Andersson sweepstakes on Sunday evening. Despite longtime NHL insider Elliotte Friedman's report that Boston was in the "driver's seat" in trade talks for the veteran right-shot defenseman, the Calgary Flames ultimately opted to ship Andersson to Vegas. The return? The Golden Knights gave up defenseman Zach Whitecloud, a 2027 first-round pick, a conditional 2028 second-round pick, and prospect Abram Wiebe to complete the deal.