The Boston Bruins have been a streaky team so far in 2025-2026. After losing six in a row, they have won six of their last seven, including a win streak that now stands at five games. Inconsistent play should be expected from this team as they are full of new faces after last season’s trade deadline cleanup. That said, the team has found ways to win after going 7-2 against the Ottawa Senators on October 27. Let’s take a look at the key to this winning streak so far: the Bruins’ goaltending.
Korpisalo kills it
The Bruins’ goaltending was a major area of contention last season, with both Jeremy Swayman and Joonas Korpisalo struggling to find consistency and Swayman posting career-worst numbers. The duo has already had rough patches in 2025-2026, each with a pair of starts that produced an ugly number. However, during this five-game win streak, every netminder has played brilliantly.
The winning streak began on October 28, the night after the Bruins allowed seven goals to the Senators. Korpisalo was in the net and he let in a goal early. After that he was dynamite. He ultimately faced 35 shots that night and allowed just two goals, helping the Bruins cruise to an easy 5-2 victory in which they dominated the final 40 minutes of the game.
Fresh off his best performance of the campaign, he faced the Buffalo Sabers just two days later. Once again, Korpisalo faced a large number of shots in that game, and once again he was brilliant, stopping 37 of 40. His most recent performance was against the Senators on Thursday night; Although he saw fewer shots this time, he stopped 20 of 22, making some impressive saves in the clutch to keep the Bruins alive in overtime and paving the way for Pavel Zacha to earn the victory in the extra frame.
Swayman is getting hot
One of the most important questions facing the Bruins this campaign was whether Swayman would look like his 2023-2024 self or his 2024-2025 self. So far in November, the Bruins’ star goaltender has looked like the former. After the game with Ottawa, where he allowed seven goals, his next appearance was against the Carolina Hurricanes, a Stanley Cup contender who has started the season well. Swayman gave the Bruins his best performance since opening night by making 28 saves on 29 shots, and the Bruins needed them all as they won the game 2-1.
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Are the positive play continued against the New York Islanders. While the Bruins were out of the game, Swayman kept them in it. It felt like a game the Bruins should have lost, with Marat Khusnutdinov tying the game with less than five to play. After an overtime period in which neither team scored, the Bruins’ netminder was red hot in the shootout. He turned away all three shots he faced, making Khusnutdinov’s shootout goal over Ilya Sorokin the game winner.
Great goaltending, a must for Bruins
Good goaltending is an absolute must for the 2025-2026 Bruins. Unlike some teams from previous seasons, this group does not have the offensive depth to consistently win high-scoring affairs. They will have to play a physical, low-scoring brand of hockey to get wins, and that style of play relies heavily on Swayman and Korpisalo to be at their best.
This five-game winning streak provides a recipe for success for this team: play solid defense, trust your goalies and score enough goals to earn victories. Of their last six wins, five have come by one goal. It’s not flashy, but here’s how the 2025-2026 Bruins can claw their way to relevance.
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