The Bruins were the one’s who fell victim to that aforementioned sports cliche on Tuesday night.
If it wasn’t for Steve Mason and his tremendous 45-save performance, the Bruins would unquestionably have earned two points on any other night. Instead, despite dominating play in the third period and overtime that erased a two-goal deficit, the Black and Gold left the city of ‘Brotherly Love’ with a 3-2 shootout loss to the Flyers.
Here is what we learned after Shayne Gostibehere’s ninth-round winner in the glorified skills competition put the Bruins at 12-10-1 on the season.
Even with one point, Bruins show sense of urgency
Prior to Tuesday’s game, the Bruins were 0-8-0 when trailing after two periods.