The effort was there. The results weren’t.
Monday’s 4-1 loss to the red-hot Pittsburgh Penguins provided another instance to justify Don Sweeney’s need to shake things up with his Boston Bruins squad.
Bruce Cassidy’s bunch outshot the Penguins, 43-26. The Bruins looked far more crisper in the attacking end compared to Saturday’s 4-0 setback to the New York Rangers. They struck first on Matt Grzelcyk’s power play blast from the point. They remained assertive offensively after Jaroslav Halak allowed a pair of soft goals late in the first period to Evan Rodrigues and Sidney Crosby.