The Bruins’ overtime loss to the Oilers on Thursday represented the latest “glass half-full or half-empty” quandary for a team that has largely clung to small victories or silver linings amid an uneven start.
The “half-empty” argument? After rebounding from a dreadful start to a five-game trek out west with back-to-back wins over Vancouver and Calgary, Boston let a two-goal lead slip through its grasp against Edmonton en route to a disheartening loss.
To further twist the knife, a pair of two-point results for both the Lightning and Senators on Thursday tightened Boston’s playoff positioning.
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Tampa Bay (38 points and four games in hand) leapfrogged Boston (38 points) for the third spot in the Atlantic Division, while the Senators (36 points, two games in hand) sit behind the Bruins for the second and final wild-card position in the Eastern Conference.