The Boston Bruins shutout the Seattle Kraken 2-0 on Sunday at the TD Garden for their second straight win – and shutout – of the weekend.

The B’s had defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 on Saturday for the first shutout.

“You see us coming together,” Jim Montgomery said. “We protect the slot, we sacrifice for each other.”

The Bruins started the game quickly with active defense at the blue line. The pucks reached the net and the Bruins held out the clock in the offensive zone.

Justin Brazeau tapped in a long shot from Nikita Zadarov as the team kept their bodies in front for an early lead in the first period.

As the B’s pressed, they found themselves on three power plays in the first. During the first, Brad Marchand set up Charlie Coyle along the goal line, where he picked off Joey Daccord.

Seattle struggled to get anything going as the Bruins essentially shut down their offense in the first, limiting the Kraken to just three shots on net in the first 20 minutes. They didn’t register their first shot until 15 minutes in while on shorthand.

But then the Kraken found some life and the Bruins couldn’t match the first period energy in the middle frame.

“Our execution still needs to continue to grow,” Montgomery said. “Our maturity as a team, in terms of game management, still needs to grow.”

In the second period it was a goal-scoring contest, with timely saves on both sides.

Seattle outscored the Bruins 13-3 in the third, but the B’s held on — despite the Kraken hitting the post twice — for their second win of the weekend.

Here are the highlights!

First period:

Up front, Justin Brazeau tipped Nikita Zadorov’s shot from the point past Joey Daccord at 3:23 of the first period. 1-0 Bruins.

Brad Marchand spotted Charlie Coyle along the goal line to give him a pass across the paint. Coyle took his time, gripping the stick a bit to get Daccord out just enough and then sliding it over the goal line at 9:57 of the first period on the power play. 2-0 Bruins.

Second period:

No goals

Third period:

No goals

Final score: 2-0 Bruins.

Game notes

• There was a communal feeling after the game among the Bruins, especially Coyle and Charlie McAvoy, that this was a mental victory for them. Coyle talked about what caused the switch to flip after the Carolina game and how he tried to stay out of trouble mentally.

“Our game wasn’t going in the right direction by any means,” Coyle said. “If you want to use that next one, it’s another opportunity to get better…You don’t have to play a perfect game. Mistakes will be made, but let’s go fast. Let’s own up to our mistakes.”

Coyle said the team had been quiet before the games, but the last two have seen more conversation before taking the ice to boost the energy. Pre-match preparation in the locker room, he said, involves more guys, not just one or two players doing the talking.

“It actually requires everyone to take on more responsibility and just create that energy,” Coyle said.

• “There’s been a lot of soul searching here,” Charlie McAvoy said. “A lot of people are trying to find their games, myself included.”

The Bruins have tried to simplify their game by playing hard defense and building from there. For him, McAvoy said it was about changing his mindset, from seeing the slump as negative to true, and focusing on coming out the other side. Tonight that meant shooting the puck.

Montgomery said he thought tonight was McAvoy’s best game of the season. The defender had seven shots on net.

“I tried to move the pucks quickly, play hard defensively and be predictable,” McAvoy said. “I had a chance to shoot the puck tonight and I had the shot first mentality and a lot of that was on the power play.”

• Defensively, this was one of the Bruins’ better games in a while. In addition to the offense they brought, they also protected the net. Looking at the numbers, the Bruins had 27 blocked shots tonight. And with so much o-zone time and strength on the boards, there were fewer odd rushes – and fewer scoring opportunities for the Kraken. “We spend more time in the ozone zone, which gives you more energy to defend if it does happen,” Montgomery said.
• Montgomery benched David Pastrnak for the third period. When asked after the game, he noted it was a “coaching decision.” Charlie McAvoy and Coyle both said there is accountability throughout the team. Coyle said Pastrnak was still vocal on the bench but didn’t know exactly why it happened.
• The Bruins hit the road to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, November 5 at 7 p.m.