The Boston Bruins turned to Niklas Svedberg to stop the bleeding at TD Garden Monday afternoon and although the Bruins lost in dramatic fashion 2-1, Svedberg held his own in only his second career NHL start and first this season.

Svedberg turned away 28 of Colorado’s 30 shots on the day in the losing effort, but kept his team in the game the entire day despite letting in a tough first goal.

Head coach Claude Julien was very satisfied with his backup’s performance as Svedberg relieved work horse Tuukka Rask in the fourth game of the season.

“Sveddy (Niklas Svedberg) played well,” Julien said in his post game’s press conference. “You’re going to say- well the first goal trickled under his arm-well it did. But, he made some pretty big saves after that to keep us in the game. So, I think he gave us exactly what we needed from a backup goaltender. He gave us a chance to win.”

For a team that hadn’t scored a goal in their first two games of the season, the Avalanche tested Svedberg repeatedly. The net minder stood tall all day long which is why it was tough to see the game the way it ended.

A player who was all over the ice today in the offensive zone creating chances while forcing turnovers in both the neutral and defensive zones was Loui Eriksson. Eriksson was almost apologetic when praising Svedberg after the game in the B’s dressing room.

“He did a good job and made some really great saves out there,” Eriksson said. “I thought he looked pretty calm out there. It’s definitely not too fun the way we lost out there, but I think we deserved to win this game for him.”

Defenseman Matt Bartkowski who was inserted back into the starting lineup thought Svedberg held his own and wasn’t shy in the absence of Rask.

“I thought he played great,” Bartkowski said. “He made a couple of big saves and he was talking to the defensemen back there so I thought he stepped in and did a good job.”

It was one of those crazy plays that ended the game today sending the Black and Gold to a 1-3-0 record as Daniel Briere scored the winning goal with less then one second left in regulation. Svedberg was in the middle of it all, but it all happened so fast that he doesn’t know what to think.

“Yeah, there was some traffic there and can’t really remember exactly what happened,” Svedberg said. “I got to see it again. It was a scrambley goal for sure. Tough loss.”

Both teams were desperate to score. The two teams had three goals in five games combined so goals were already tough to come by and Svedberg did his best to keep it that way. It was just one blown assignment at a bad time that will let Svedberg’s performance go by the wayside.

“Yeah it sucks, of course,” Svedberg said. “It was a tight game. Both teams played a tight game. Both teams wanted the win badly so it’s a tough way to lose it.”

Dennis Seidenberg also picked up his goaltender after his team’s tough 2-1 loss marking their first three game losing streak since last April.

“He played good,” Seidenberg said. “He kept us in the game and made good saves. We just didn’t help him in the end.”

Svedberg has his coaches and teammate’s trust in just his second career start. We can get used to seeing him a handful of times each month giving Rask some much needed rest. The Swedish goalie looks comfortable, he’s vocal and can make tough saves. His debut wasn’t a win, but he sure deserved it.

Hear what the Bruins had to say following Monday’s loss: