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What we learned: An ugly trend continues

No team is immune to blowing leads — small or large — in the National Hockey League. The Boston Bruins have turned their multi-goal advantages into an ugly trend.

The Bruins grabbed a 3-0 first period lead on the heels of Patrice Bergeron’s 21st goal of the season 11 seconds in, Anders Bjork’s tally at 2:02 and David Pastrnak’s 37th lamp-lighter in 2019-20 at 15:07. Yet, despite another hot start, Bruce Cassidy’s squad lacked a killer instinct.

It wasn’t for a lack of effort either during a physically taxing tilt. Matt Murray found a groove following a rough start and Sidney Crosby tallied a pair of slick helpers on Dominik Simon’s and Teddy Bulger’s respective markers at 16:34 of the first and 33 ticks of the middle stanza.