The Bruins did skate off the ice with at least one point secured in the standings on Saturday night.
Unfortunately, that “loser point” was the byproduct of a painful 5-4 defeat at the hands of the Canucks, with Boston coming up short in a seven-round shootout after failing to land a knockout punch against Vancouver.
Beyond the pain of letting a third-period slip away against a team that traded away its franchise star in Quinn Hughes a week ago, the Bruins and head coach Marco Sturm had several second-guesses that loomed large in Saturday’s defeat.
In particular, Sturm’s choice of participants for the Bruins’ extended shootout raised plenty of eyebrows following the loss.