“We were just sick of losing,” head coach Bruce Cassidy said following the Bruins’ 3-1 win over the Blues on Feb. 1 — two nights after the Ducks snapped Boston’s 19-game point streak.
Well, that clever quote is a microcosm of the B’s 2017-18 campaign. Very rarely have they ever been run out of the building, let alone losing two games in a row.
Both appeared to be the case Tuesday night against a desperate Carolina Hurricanes squad. Despite Brad Marchand notching his third straight 30-goal campaign with his late first-period tally, the Hurricanes, one night removed from a 6-3 setback against the Rangers in New York, were relentless on the attack in the middle 20, outshooting the Black and Gold 18-6 and taking a 3-1 lead into the locker room.