BOSTON -- Joonas Korpisalo made 21 saves for the Boston Bruins, who won Joe Sacco's first game as coach, 1-0 against the Utah Hockey Club at TD Garden on Thursday. Sacco replaced Jim Montgomery, who was fired on Tuesday after posting a 120-41-23 record in three seasons.

The Bruins, with juice in their legs and fury in their fists, scored a 1-0 victory over the Utah Hockey Club in Joe Sacco’s first game as interim coach Thursday night at TD Garden. Elias Lindholm snapped a 17-game goal drought and Mark Kastelic and Nikita Zadorov flexed their physicality as Boston snapped a three-game losing streak.

Elias Lindholm, whose offensive woes have been a much-discussed part of the Bruins’ early woes, broke his 17-game goal drought in the second period. On the power play and jammed home the rebound a Brad Marchand shot to put Boston up 1-0 with 7:19 left in the second.

The Utah Hockey Club (7-8-3) embarks on a four-game road trip starting tonight in New England against the Boston Bruins (8-9-3). Utah looks to get back to .500 after a 1-2-0 homestand facing three of the NHL’s top teams. Utah and Boston last met on Oct. 19 at Delta Center when Utah pulled out a 2-1 overtime victory on home ice.

Amid their second three-game losing streak this season, the Bruins will play their first game under interim head coach Joe Sacco on Thursday against the Utah Hockey Club.

The Bruins beat the Utah Hockey Club 1-0 on Thursday night in Joe Sacco's debut as interim coach after Jim Montgomery was fired earlier this week.

The Bruins beat Utah Thursday night in their first game since the team fired coach Jim Montgomery and named Joe Sacco as interim coach.

Boston is 5-5-0 in its last 10 games against Detroit, but Saturday night’s game is as unknown as the trajectory of the Bruins’ season. Joe Sacco’s first game as Boston’s interim coach was a 1-0 win over Utah.