Whom You Know: #NHLPeachy @NHL Bruins’ Ullmark, Swayman Win William M. Jennings Trophy

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

#NHLPeachy @NHL Bruins’ Ullmark, Swayman Win William M. Jennings Trophy

The Boston Bruins tandem of Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman have won the 2022-23 William M. Jennings Trophy, presented annually to the goaltenders who play a minimum of 25 games for the team allowing the fewest goals during the regular season.

Boston, which concluded its regular-season schedule tonight, yielded a League-low 177 goals (including shootout-deciding goals) to finish ahead of its nearest competition, the Carolina Hurricanes (213), by 36 goals – the largest gap between the top two teams in goals against since 1990-91, when the Chicago Blackhawks (211) allowed 38 fewer goals than the Montreal Canadiens (249).

Ullmark (40) and Swayman (24) combined for 64 of the Bruins’ record-setting 65 victories to help the team earn its fourth Jennings Trophy, adding to wins in 2019-20 (Tuukka Rask and Jaroslav Halak), 2008-09 (Tim Thomas and Manny Fernandez) and 1989-90 (Andy Moog and Rejean Lemelin). Boston became the fourth team to claim the Jennings Trophy, which first was awarded in 1981-82, at least four times, joining the Canadiens (6x), Blackhawks (5x) and New Jersey Devils (5x).

Ullmark (40-6-1 in 49 GP) currently paces the NHL in wins (40), goals-against average (1.89) and save percentage (.938). He can become the sixth different goaltender in League history to outright lead the NHL in all three categories and the fifth to do so in the expansion era (since 1967-68), following Carey Price (2014-15 w/ MTL), Ed Belfour (1990-91 w/ CHI), Bernie Parent (1973-74 w/ PHI) and Ken Dryden (1972-73 w/ MTL). Jacques Plante also achieved the feat three times in the pre-expansion era (1961-62, 1958-59 and 1955-56, all w/ MTL).

Among his 2022-23 highlights, Ullmark became the fastest goaltender in NHL history to reach the 40-win milestone, doing so in his 49th and final game of the season (three fewer than Braden Holtby in 2015-16 w/ WSH); tied a Bruins record for wins in one season (Pete Peeters: 63 GP in 1982-83); allowed two or fewer goals in 36 of his 49 total appearances (73.5%); made a career-high and franchise-record 54 saves Feb. 28 at CGY; and became the 13th different netminder in League history – and first with the Bruins – to score a regular-season goal (Feb. 25 at VAN).

Swayman played in 37 games, going 24-6-4 while yielding two or fewer goals 23 times (62.2%). Entering tonight’s schedule, he placed third in the League in goals-against average (2.21), fourth in save percentage (.922) and tied for fourth in shutouts (4).

The Bruins became the first team in NHL history to feature both a 40-win and a 20-win goaltender. The 2018-19 Tampa Bay Lightning (Andrei Vasilevskiy: 39, Louis Domingue: 21) and 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings (Chris Osgood: 39, Mike Vernon: 21) – who previously shared the single-season wins record – were the closest prior teams to achieving the feat.

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