COMMENTARY
A loss in October doesn’t unravel a team’s playoff hopes — not with 70-plus games left on the docket.
But after a miserable 2024-25 campaign where lopsided losses became a familiar sight, the 2025-26 Bruins paid homage to one of their ugliest seasons in history on Oct. 27 against the Ottawa Senators.
Fresh off a hard-fought win over the Avalanche that snapped a six-game losing streak, Marco Sturm’s club face-planted at Canadian Tire Centre — skating off the ice as the recipient of a 7-2 drubbing.
It was the type of result that might not have surprised some when gleaning at Boston’s 4-7-0 record.