The Bruins came out flat in this first period. Nobody can dispute that. Really, this has been an issue early on, but they normally could rev it up and get back into games.
This however, looked way too much like previous seasons.
First big thing that happened was Pavel Buchnevich taking advantage of the team’s exhaustion after several shifts worth of defending, lifting the puck over Tuukka Rask to make it 1-0 Rangers.
You’ll notice McAvoy and Chara basically allowed him to get to the net unhindered.