The Bruins entered Saturday’s matinee with the New York Rangers adding Zach Senyshyn to the ever-growing injured list and Jake DeBrusk to COVID protocol.
Working with another makeshift lineup, Bruce Cassidy’s club arrived at TD Garden hoping to earn consecutive wins for the first time since mid-February. But they hardly looked like the same well-oiled squad from Thursday’s 4-0 victory over the Broadway Blueshirts. Instead, they looked like a team running on decaf.
Even Brendan Lemieux’s cheap shot on Trent Frederic in the opening moments of the second period hardly poked the bear.