This period sucked.
Boston began the game with a series of defensive miscues and failed clears so bad I swear to you it was like they were daring New Jersey to score.
New Jersey, who if nothing else has a lot of offensive talent and skating speed on their roster, took that absolutely easy-for-them dare, and went up 1-0 early as Miles Wood was the first beneficiary of that first Really Bad Play:
And then, Nick Ritchie did something no Bruin previously had done at even strength this year, score a goal on any Devils goaltender.