BOSTON -- Jeremy Swayman, who will represent the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off from Feb. 12-20, made 35 saves for the Boston Bruins in a 3-0 win against the Minnesota Wild at TD Garden on Tuesday. It was Swayman's third shutout this season and 15th in the NHL.

With the Eastern Conference playoff race heating up even as the NHL approaches a shutdown to contest the 4 Nations Face-Off, the playoff-hopeful-but-not-positioned Bruins started a busy week of three games in five days with a 3-0 shutout of the Wild at TD Garden.

For the first 25 minutes, Swayman and Marc-Andre Fleury were matching each other save for save. The 40-year-old Fleury is concluding a Hall of Fame career. He is a throwback, not as wedded to technique and precision like goalies of Swayman’s generation. The athletic and effervescent Fleury remains an inspiration to competitors like Swayman, 26.