The Boston Bruins lacked energy and urgency as they fell 3-1 to the Buffalo Sabres tonight at the TD Garden.
After a scoreless first period which saw the Bruins outshot 19 to 5 by the Sabres, Jim Montgomery expected a faster start to the second frame.
The Bruins had found themselves on the defensive for most of the first and couldn’t sustain any offensive zone coverage.
But he felt things “went from awful to poor” for his team in a low-energy showing after trailing behind 2-0.
The B’s bounced back when Marchand registered his fifth goal in three games, but that would be it.