Joonas Korpisalo made 29 saves against his former team as the Bruins beat the Senators 2-0 on Thursday night. Read more on Boston.com.

This time the Bruins survived the final minutes in a close game with Ottawa. On a night when Boston badly needed a win, Joonas Korpisalo delivered his best performance as a Bruins. He made 30 saves to earn the shutout in Boston’s 2-0 win over his former team on Thursday at TD Garden.

BOSTON – Joonas Korpisalo made 29 saves and posted his third shutout of the season for the Boston Bruins in a 2-0 win against the Ottawa Senators at TD Garden on Thursday. David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist for the Bruins (24-20-6), who are 4-1-1 in their past six games. Pastrnak has 19 points (10 goals, nine assists) in the past 11 games.

Morgan Geekie scored the game-winning goal and Joonas Korpisalo recorded a 29-save shutout as the Boston Bruins beat the visiting Ottawa Senators 2-0 on Thursday night.

Morgan Geekie scored in the second period and David Pastrnak added an empty-net goal to help Boston bounce back from loss to New Jersey

Joonas Korpisalo readily admitted that he wasn’t at his best all day on Monday. But given the opportunity to preserve a win for the Bruins against the San Jose Sharks, the netminder showed up at the right time.

In the first few months of the National Hockey League season, the Boston Bruins were getting inconsistent goaltending from their newly signed netminder Jeremy Swayman, and freshly acquired backup Joonas Korpisalo,

Korpisalo was busy in the second period, facing 14 shots and allowing two goals. Boston scored four unanswered goals in the third period to earn the victory. Korpisalo has posted a record of 8-4-2 with a 2.87 GAA and an .892 save percentage in 15 appearances this season.

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Korpisalo will defend the home crease against San Jose on Monday, Kevin Paul Dupont of The Boston Globe reports. Korpisalo hasn't seen much playing time recently since Jeremy Swayman has emerged as Boston's clear No.

Korpisalo, who was sent to the Bruins in the deal that brought Linus Ullmark to Ottawa, has shown marked improvement in Boston. He has an 8-4-2 record with the Bruins, a .892 save percentage, and a 2.47 goals-against average.

Joonas Korpisalo made 29 saves against his former team, David Pastrnak set up Morgan Geekie's goal and added an empty-netter and the Boston Bruins beat the Ottawa Senators 2-0 on Thursday night.