NEW YORK — Extending leads and holding on to win has been a sore spot for the Boston Bruins as of late.
The Bruins bucked one of those trends during a three-goal second period. Yet they let another victory slip away during the third period against the rebuilding New York Rangers on Wednesday night.
“Obviously we let the game slip away in the third,” alternate captain Patrice Bergeron said following his 1,001st career NHL tilt. “That’s the way the game played out obviously, so that game shouldn’t have gone into overtime.”
“You never want to lose a lead.