It most definitely was not how the Boston Bruins wanted to punch their ticket for the Stanley Cup playoffs, but the B’s are back in the postseason all the same after dropping a 2-1 matinee to the Tampa Bay Lightning at TD Garden on Saturday afternoon.
It was their fifth straight loss after squandering a 1-0 lead headed into the final 20 minutes and finished off a season series where they dropped all four games to Tampa Bay in close fashion just like Saturday’s defeat. Hours later the B’s knew they had clinched a playoff spot when the Detroit Red Wings lost in regulation to a spoiler New Jersey Devils club but wasn’t so much a joyous occasion backing into the Stanley Cup playoff spot as losers of their last five straight games.Read More
