One night after another embarrassing loss to begin the 2025-26 season, the Boston Bruins were facing a gut-check home game against the New York Islanders. General manager Don Sweeney spoke on the NESN broadcast before his team rallied from a 2-0 first-period deficit for a 5-2 victory and called out his team for their 4-7-0 start and allowing seven goals for the second time in three games in a 7-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators.
"The players themselves have to take some ownership of what's being asked from them,'' said Sweeney. "On an individual, collective level and we have to stop the bleeding in our own end.