Takeaways: Bruins put forth an uninspiring effort in Winnipeg

Winnipeg's Nino Niederreiter (62) scores into an empty net behind Bruins netminder Jeremy Swayman (left) to give the Jets a 3-0 lead in the second period Friday night in Winnipeg, Manitoba.The Boston Bruins didn’t exactly arrive in Winnipeg as a confident bunch. They carried a skid of back-to-back overtime losses into Friday’s contest, both after failing to hold onto a one-goal lead against the Rangers and Wild.

The efforts weren’t as much in question as the crunch-time execution from those pair of OT setbacks. And in Tuesday’s outing against Minnesota, Boston’s competitive spirit shined in the final minutes of regulation after Brad Marchand netted an equalizer shortly after allowing a Ryan…