BEDFORD — The Boston Bruins are getting some of the finest goaltending in the Stanley Cup playoffs and all they have to show for it is a Game 7 showdown against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night (8) at the TD Garden.

The Maple Leafs trailed the series 3-1 but staved off elimination with a 2-1 victory in overtime in Game 5 on Tuesday night at the TD Garden. Toronto evened the series 3-3 with a 2-1 victory on Thursday night at Scotiabank Arena.

Bruins’ goaltender Jeremy Swayman was outstanding in both losses and he, along with Linus Ulmark, have combined for the highest save percentage in the playoffs. The Bruins top the charts with a .940 save percentage, slightly ahead of the New York Rangers (.931), who swept the Washington Capitals in their opening round series.

“Both goalies have (played well), but especially Swayman because he has played the majority of the games and has been tremendous,” said Montgomery, after the team’s arrival on Friday afternoon at Hanscom Field.

“We need everybody to be more like Jeremy Swayman. He’s in the moment, he’s owned the moment and he is relishing being a difference maker.”

The Rangers and the Bruins flip flop in goals against average. The Rangers lead the way with a 1.75 goals against average in four games while the Bruins are second at 1.82 in six matches.

With good goaltending typically the defining barometer of playoff success, the Bruins should be in a better place than coming home for a Game 7 with all the momentum favoring the rejuvenated Maple Leafs.

Montgomery did not disclose any lineup changes for Game 7 but he indicated Swayman deserved to make his sixth start against the Maple Leafs.

“When you get an opportunity to play in a Game 7 whether you are a Celtics fans or a Red Sox fan, you think about the opportunity to play in a Game 7 and be a difference maker,” said Montgomery. “I’m getting goose bumps right now just talking about him (Swayman) and that is the attitude we have to have.”

The Maple Leafs’ resurgence is also based on exceptional goaltending but from a surprising source. Toronto backup Joseph Wall supplanted starter Ilya Samsonov in Game 4 and was lights out in the next two starts.

Woll leads all playoff goalies with 0.86 goals against average, followed by Swayman at 1.60. Woll tops the leaderboard with a .964 save percentage, followed by Swayman at .947. In four starts, Samsonov registered a 3.31 goals against average and a .883 save percentage.

The Bruins have been analyzing Woll over two straight starts, searching for flaws in his mechanics and determining the best ways to break him down. The Maple Leafs have provided a force field for Woll, packing it down between the circles and the low slot, making it harder for the Bruins to get pucks through the congestion.

“We have to get bodies in front of the net and if you ask any goalie, no goalie likes traffic,” said Bruins’ center Charlie Coyle. “We have to get traffic there and they are doing a good in front of him and he is playing great.

“To their credit, they are playing well in front of him packing it in and making it tough to get shots through. We have to spread them out somehow and find ways to do that and get to the net. We need to fight for our space in there and work for that and get to the net.

“It’s the same old simple cliché that we say, but that’s how you do it with second and third and fourth efforts. That’s the mindset you have to have when a goalie is playing well. You get traffic in front of him and take away his eyes and good things will happen when you go to the net.”

Winning draws

The Bruins’ deficiencies in the faceoff circle in Game 6 were emblematic of their problems in this decisive area throughout the series.

The Bruins won 20-of-54 for a 37% success rate and 14-of-48 (31%) at even strength. Coyle was the only Bruins player with a positive ratio, winning 8-of-15. Pavel Zacha won just 1-of-10.

The Maple Leafs won 34-of-54 for a 63% success rate and 33-of-48 (69%) at even strength. Topping the Leafs was center John Tavares, who won 15-of-23, with David Kampf and Mitch Marner winning seven apiece.

“We can always be better there and it starts with the centermen,” said Coyle. “You have your wingers there to help, too, and that’s the first battle of any shift.

“We have to take a little more initiative to win those and fight for those and tie up if we have to. It’s all five guys out there at that point but the centermen have to take ownership there and really battle. They do a good job of that in their faceoffs and that is one area we can definitely get better.”

Motivating Pasta

Montgomery called out right wing David Pastrnak after Game 6 for not producing on the ice. Pastrnak logged 19:58 minutes and 29 shifts, the most by a Bruins forward, and came away with three shots, six hits and a penalty.

“I talked to him right after the game about it and I talked to him about it during the game,” said Montgomery. “Pasta and I have a real healthy communicative relationship and he’s ready to go.”