For Charlie McAvoy, it wasn’t just the results — or lack thereof — for the Bruins over the last few weeks that was testing his patience.
Rather, it was the manner in which the Bruins were losing those games that was confounding a Bruins locker room searching for answers.
For all of the preseason talk of the 2025-26 Bruins being a team forced to win low-scoring games while relying heavily on a stout defensive unit, much of the opposite played out over the first month of a new campaign.
After Boston’s lopsided 7-2 loss to the Senators on Monday, the Bruins ranked 29th in the NHL in goals allowed per gamer (3.