‘It Was Embarrassing’: Breaking Apart Bruins Game 4 Loss

“Kudos to them, they do a good job of getting on us quick,” said Hampus Lindholm. “I feel like they had a lot of speed tonight. They came out on us quick. Something we have to look at to try to be a little stronger on pucks and kind of kill their speed a little bit to not play into their game.”

“I think we looked very disconnected, very spread out. One guy had the puck, and four guys kind of waited for something to happen instead of be available, want the puck, and demand it,” Elias Lindholm added. “Kind of snowballed from there.”

Sturm did not want to get into little details that caused the Bruins to struggle: “I can’t even go into the rush game, o-zone, d-zone. I really can’t, because in all areas we were just behind. And if emotionally, you’re not ready for it, it goes back to this; it doesn’t matter. Today, it didn’t matter. So I don’t talk about little details because they were not there today, unfortunately.”

After winning 29 home games in the regular season, tied for the most in the league, the Bruins have now dropped both playoff games on home ice. Now, it is up to them to decide if the TD Garden will host Bruins hockey again before the preseason gets underway in September.

“Yeah, it’s tough. You know, it’s one of those things where we have such a good home ice advantage with our fans and stuff, and then to come out the last couple and not be able to take advantage of that is tough,” said Morgan Geekie. “So I mean, not much more to say. Just frustrating, especially in the room. You know, we’re going back on the road, and we played well in Buffalo, so we’ll just try to get back to that.”

As they always do, the Bruins are looking ahead to Game 5. Though their backs are against the wall, they repeated that the series was not over after the game.

Even if they were embarrassed in front of their home crowd.

“At the end of the day, we have to move on, too,” Sturm said. “So yeah, I am embarrassed. We all should be. And we’re all pissed. And we will talk about it, but then we have to move on. As far as I know, you have to win four games to move on. So they got three. So that means we still have a chance.”

“Yeah, I mean, like I said, I think we kind of feel the whole series, you know, we have another gear in us. It can go quick if we don’t turn it on. So time is running,” David Pastrnak said. “We can be better as a team. But like I said, we’ve been through a lot this year as a group, and we believe in this group. So we have to do it together and get out there and get the win in Buffalo.”

The little details that were not there on Sunday are going to be critical for the Bruins on Tuesday night (7:30 PM) if they want to steal one on the road and force a Game 6.

“Yeah, I mean start with defense, you know, and details,” Pastrnak added. “Obviously, we have to play a tight-checking game, win the 1-0 game if you have to. So starting with the d-zone, you know, better in front of our goalie, and he’s been standing on his head. So it starts with defense. That’s our identity on this team, and be hard to play against.”

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