"Silver linings were expected to be drawn on heavily this season for a flawed Bruins team that - on paper - was going to be hard-pressed to generate offense. In the weeks leading up to the start of the 2025-26 campaign, new head coach Marco Sturm mapped out the vision of a team that - even with its limited arsenal of weapons - would be a hard out due to a stingy defensive structure that would keep games close."
"It took all of 30 seconds for that cacophony of jubilation to shift into stunned silence. In what has become a regular trend through just nine games this season, Boston let go of the rope defensively after lighting the lamp. As both Charlie McAvoy and Mason Lohrei set their sights on Nikita Nesterenko, Troy Terry was left unchecked at Joonas Korpisalo's doorstep. The result? A back-breaking sixth goal for Anaheim - and an eventual sixth straight loss for the Bruins."
The Bruins rallied from a two-goal deficit when Morgan Geekie and David Pastrnak scored 25 seconds apart to tie the game 5-5 with 5:03 remaining. Thirty seconds later, Anaheim struck again on a defensive breakdown and ultimately beat Boston, handing the Bruins a sixth straight loss. Players described the defeats as devastating and embarrassing. New coach Marco Sturm had emphasized a defense-first identity to compensate for limited offensive firepower, but defensive inconsistency and lapses around the net have plagued the team through nine games. The Bruins can score yet continue to concede too many goals to win.
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