The Boston Bruins had one of their more historic starts in franchise history during the first two months of the season. Recent history, however, hasn’t been too kind to them.
Thursday’s 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning extended Boston’s skid to a season-high five-straight games. To put that in perspective, the Bruins last lost five in a row in the second to last year of the Claude Julien era back in March of 2016.
Bruce Cassidy’s squad couldn’t have asked for a better start with Zdeno Chara and Patrice Bergeron attempting to lead by example. Chara’s fight with Patrick Maroon and Bergeron’s second goal in his third game back from injury gave the Bruins some early momentum in the opening stanza.