Under new coach Marco Sturm, the Boston Bruins have continued a familiar trend.

The Bruins have won their first three games this season, doing so for the fourth time in seven campaigns. They will look to continue their October pace when they close a three-game homestand against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday afternoon.

Boston passed its first Atlantic Division test in a 3-1 victory Saturday over the Buffalo Sabres. Pavel Zacha, Mark Kastelic and Sean Kuraly each scored a goal and the Bruins received strong goaltending from Jeremy Swayman (21 saves), while going 4-for-4 on the penalty kill.

"(We're) paying attention to our system and having high attention to detail," Swayman said. "There's a reason why we're getting results -- because each guy is buying in and sticking to our system t

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