Swayman makes 22 saves, Bruins beat Sabres 3-1 to improve to 3-0

BOSTON AP Jeremy Swayman made saves Pavel Zacha Mark Kastelic and Sean Kuraly scored and the Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres - on Saturday night to run their season-opening winning streak to three Jason Zucker scored for Buffalo Alex Lyon made saves in his second straight loss to start the season Zacha s first goal of the season came on a one-timer after Boston s Jordan Harris led a rush with remaining in the first period Playing without top-line center Josh Norris who is out indefinitely after suffering an upper-body injury during Buffalo s opener the Sabres managed just one shot on Swayman during the first period Boston made it a two-goal battle on a deflection off Buffalo s Conor Timmins that Kastelic threw on net midway through the second Buffalo had certain life when Zucker s shot deflected off a Bruins player and past Swayman at of the third The Sabres pulled Lyon for an extra attacker with two minutes left but the Bruins finished it off with Kuraly s empty-netter with seconds left Harris made his Bruins debut with defenseman Hampus Lindholm out after sustaining a lower-body injury during Thursday night in a - overtime preeminence over Chicago Up next Sabres Host Colorado on Monday Bruins Host Tampa Bay on Monday AP NHL https apnews com hub nhl