Boston Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery took a shot at Max Domi and the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.

Montgomery didn't hold back when asked if he believes Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman's success against the Maple Leafs is an indication he's in their heads.

"Sometimes I don't think that, but when Domi goes off the bench and bumps him on purpose, it makes me think that maybe he's in their head a little bit," the Boston bench boss said.

Domi and Swayman made contact during a break in the action Wednesday night in the Bruins' 4-2 victory, which gave them a 2-1 series lead.

Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe fired back at Montgomery later Thursday when informed of his counterpart's comments.

"With that logic, you would say every time they bump into one of our guys, maybe we're in their heads," Keefe said. "I don't think that has anything to do with anything."

Swayman improved to 5-0-0 against the Leafs this season. He's allowed only three goals on 66 shots for a .955 save percentage in the two games he's started in the series.

The Bruins have alternated goaltenders all season, including in the playoffs, so Linus Ullmark would normally start the next one. But the additional day off before Game 4 in Toronto on Saturday might lead Montgomery to deviate from his usual strategy.

"We're going to have more rest, but ... the rotation's been so good for us, so it's a hard decision," he said.

That game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday.

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Andre Tourigny will once again lead Team Canada as head coach at the World Championship, the country's governing body of hockey announced Thursday.

Tourigny guided Canada to the gold medal at last year's tournament.

Former Minnesota Wild bench boss Dean Evason, ex-Edmonton Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft, and current St. Louis Blues assistant coach Steve Ott will serve as Tourigny's assistants at the event.

Rick Nash, Canada's general manager for the tourney, determined the coaching staff along with associate GM Kyle Dubas and assistant GM Scott Salmond.

Tourigny is the Arizona Coyotes' bench boss and will presumably remain in the post when the team begins playing in Salt Lake City.

Canada has already received commitments for the Worlds from several impact players, including Chicago Blackhawks phenom Connor Bedard, Seattle Kraken forward Jared McCann, and Buffalo Sabres defenseman Owen Power.

The tournament will run from May 10-26 in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia.

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Legendary play-by-play NHL announcer Bob Cole died Wednesday at the age of 90, his daughter told CBC News' John Gushue.

Cole had been a mainstay on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada for five decades. The Newfoundland native was the network's lead NHL commentator from 1980-2008.

He frequently worked Toronto Maple Leafs games, including his final broadcast in February 2019 between the Buds and Montreal Canadiens.

Cole was also behind the mic for some notable international hockey events. He called the 1998 Olympics, which was the first Games to feature NHL players.

"Bob Cole's voice was the iconic and incomparable soundtrack of hockey across Canada for more than 50 years," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement.

"From countless winter Saturday nights on Hockey Night in Canada to the 1972 Summit Series to multiple Olympic Games to dozens of Stanley Cup Finals, his distinctive, infectious play-by-play made every game he called sound bigger."

Cole was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1996 as the recipient of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for broadcasting excellence.

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