Marco Sturm had seen enough this weekend.
After another extended stretch on Saturday where the Bruins’ top-six unit was routinely outclassed by the Avalanche’s big guns, Sturm opted to staple two of his top forwards in David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha to the bench.
Pastrnak did not play the final 7:55 of Boston’s eventual 4-1 loss to Colorado, while Zacha logged just one shift over the last 11 minutes of the loss.
“Our top guys were not the top guys again,” Sturm said postgame. “If you look at Colorado and our team, well, that’s the difference.