SUNRISE, Fla. — As a whole, the Boston Bruins haven’t come close to meeting the moment lately.
During their challenging year-end slate, Jim Montgomery’s bunch failed to match the desperation of the teams fighting for playoff positioning. That trend reared its ugly head on Saturday afternoon against the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Bruins clawed their way to two third-period equalizers from Justin Brazeau and Danton Heinen, only to watch momentum evaporate. Another set of ill-timed turnovers and lapses from Linus Ullmrak on Travis Konecney and Tyson Foerster — on a pair of shots he routinely denies — prevented Montgomery’s club from overcoming a slow 40-minute pace to steal two points.