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4 takeaways from the Bruins’ 6-1 loss to the Canucks

COMMENTARY

If their ugly 6-1 loss to the Canucks Saturday night was any indication, the Bruins may need to acquire defensive help sooner rather than later. Or one could just chalk it up as a rare lapse in judgment on the back end.

In an unusual stinker, the Black and Gold, despite outshooting the Canucks 45-24, just couldn’t get out of their own way defensively. The frustrating loss resulted in a wasted opportunity for the Bruins to pull within one point of the Atlantic Division-leading Lightning, and five points ahead of the Maple Leafs.

Here is what we learned as Bruce Cassidy and company suffer one of their worst losses of the season.