Bruins call up goalie ahead of Senators game

BOSTON — After interim coach Joe Sacco hinted that Jeremy Swayman was dealing with something health-related when he didn’t return for the third period of the Bruins’ loss to the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday, Boston called up a goalie from the AHL.

The Bruins officially summoned Michael DiPietro from Providence less than three hours from the start of Boston’s game with Ottawa on Thursday at 7 p.m. at TD Garden.

Boston didn’t have a morning skate on Thursday after playing on the road Wednesday so there’s been no update on Swayman’s status.

DiPietro is 14-5-3 with a 1.95 goals against average and a .930 save percentage for Providence this season. The 25-year-old is second in the AHL in GAA and fourth in save percentage.

He was originally a third-round pick of the Vancouver Canucks in 2017. This will be his first stint in the NHL.

When Swayman came out after the second period, the Bruins were down 4-1, so it seemed logical for Sacco to change goalies to give himself the option to start Swayman again at home on Thursday.

But after the game, Sacco said health was another reason for the change.

“He was dealing with something minor,” Sacco said. “We thought it would be best, with how the game was going, to get him out of there. We’ll see how he is tomorrow.”

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