Through two periods of play Tuesday night in St. Louis, the Bruins looked ready for what would’ve been their worst loss to date. Oh boy, has it been annoying to say that as many times as we have this season.
For two periods, the B’s details were off. That, through what’s been an up-and-down start, was nothing all that new. And in addition to the little things not being there, the Black and Gold’s power play was once again stumbling and fumbling, all while their penalty kill was once again failing to make the extra play or clear needed to stay out of danger, with two power-play goals surrendered in what’s shaped up to be a downright miserable shorthanded year for the usually-excellent Boston penalty killing units. Again, these are things that have almost constantly come to the table when the Bruins have lost games this season.