Bruins frustrated at refs for allowing Sabres to keep hitting Jeremy Swayman

BOSTON — From the beginning of the series, the Buffalo Sabres have tried to shake up Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman.

They’ve had constant traffic in front of the Boston net, either to screen him or to bump him and take away his vision or rhythm.

In Game 2, the Bruins didn’t like it and their pushback sparked a lot of the chippiness that defined the third period of that game.

Boston coach Marco Sturm hoped the officials would call penalties on some of those hits in Game 3.

“It happened today again. That’s one way they try to do. They’ve been doing it the three games,” he said. “Seems like they haven’t got a call yet. I’m waiting too. It’s obviously not in my control.”

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Mark Kastelic thought the referees cut off a large chunk of the game-within-the-game post-whistle jostling.

“Obviously, we would love to play that way. I think the refs, at the beginning of the game, set the tone with one of the calls. We’re trying to not go over the line and hurt our team by being in the penalty box,” he said. “But it’s definitely hard because I think we thrive off of that. But we’re going to continue to try to just play on the edge.”

Swayman said he can’t let himself get emotional.

“Just got to roll with it. ... That’s not my job. My job is to stop the puck,” he said. “A younger Sway would have reacted a little differently. I’m fortunate to have the experience under my belt. Emotions are going to fly, but understand, the next shift is coming and that’s all you can worry about.”