FINAL: Bruins 3, Predators 2 - JVR scores two in strong night for Swayman and penalty kill

James van Riemsdyk picked up his first two goals as a Bruin – both on the power play, including the eventual game-winning goal – as Boston took down the Nashville Predators, 3-2 at TD Garden on Saturday. David Pastrnak also scored on a penalty shot, and Jeremy Swayman made 34 saves in his first start of the season. Colton Sissons scored twice for the Preds, and Juuse Saros made 29 saves.

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The Bruins will continue the 2023-24 season on Saturday against the Nashville Predators at TD Garden. Follow along for updates from Saturday's game.

WHO: Bruins (1-0-0) vs. Predators (1-1-0)
WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
WHERE: TD Garden
TV: NESN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub

LIVE BOX SCORE

BOSTON

Brad Marchand -- Charlie Coyle -- Jake DeBrusk
James van Riemsdyk -- Pavel Zacha -- David Pastrnak
Trent Frederic -- Matt Poitras -- Morgan Geekie
Milan Lucic -- Johnny Beecher -- Jakub Lauko

Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm -- Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort -- Kevin Shattenkirk

Jeremy Swayman
Linus Ullmark

Scratched: Ian Mitchell, Patrick Brown

Injured: None

NASHVILLE

Filip Forsberg -- Ryan O’Reilly -- Juuso Parssinen
Gustav Nyquist -- Cody Glass -- Cole Smith
Philip Tomasino -- Tommy Novak -- Luke Evangelista
Yakov Trenin -- Colton Sissons -- Kiefer Sherwood

Roman Josi -- Dante Fabbro
Ryan McDonagh -- Alexandre Carrier
Jeremy Lauzon -- Tyson Barrie

Juuse Saros
Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Samuel Fagemo, Michael McCarron
Injured: Luke Schenn (lower body)

PREGAME NOTES

Jeremy Swayman will make his season debut for the Bruins after Linus Ullmark made 20 saves in a 3-1 win during Wednesday's season-opener against Chicago. 

The Bruins are expected to stick with the same lineup as Wednesday, with Jim Montgomery saying he'd like to give the lines time to build chemistry. 

"That's the way I envision handling it, let them play it out and have the opportunity to make more plays with each other," he said Thursday. "But as the game goes on, I find in the third period, you've to trust your gut no matter what's going on. And if you see an opportunity to get someone in a position where you think two players are clicking, and they could click right there, I think you got to do that in the third. We'd be more patient in the first and second."

Juuse Saros is expected to get the nod for the Predators, who could be without Luke Schenn for the second straight game. Saros made 23 saves in a 3-0 win against the Kraken on Thursday.