“Those are things in the game that you don’t really want to allow happen and we’re not going to let them push us around in that regard,” Brandon Carlo said. “You could see it on the bench with Patty Maroon. I didn’t see it. He was making sure that everyone had known that Domi had done that and from there you just try and get your licks throughout the game. And if the opportunity arises in different scenarios, you can look at that. But we want to stay calm and play our best hockey between whistles.”

To Montgomery, something like Domi’s shenanigans would only fire up Swayman even more.

“If anyone is as close to (Marchand) on our team in competitive fire, it’s him,” said Montgomery.

Carlo added Swayman has a unique personality.

“He’s incredible to combine that competitiveness with calmness and the fun that he has on the ice,” Carlo said. “I think it was like seven minutes left in the third and he’s coming back to the bench, high-stress time, obviously. And he’s coming back dancing to the music a little bit. He keeps it light. I love how much he enjoys the game. It reminds us all to just have fun and play the game as well. When you have a guy like that behind you, it definitely gives you more confidence knowing he’s as confident as he is.”

But, to be clear, Carlo was not advocating for one goalie over another. The netminders have alternated all season and the skaters seem to be as comfortable with the rotation as the goalies have been.

“They’re comfortable in that environment of playing every other game and we are beyond fortunate to have both of those guys behind us, especially form a defensive guy like myself,” Carlo said. “They make my job a lot easier and we have the utmost faith in both of them.”

So the guessing game continues. And the Bruins seem to like it that way.

Silence golden

Trent Frederic scored the biggest goal of his career to this point when he tied Game 3 at 1-1 late in the second period, but he didn’t get a lot of immediate love for it. Like most of the people in the rink, his teammates seemed to be caught up in the ongoing beef between Marchand and Tyler Bertuzzi.

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