BOSTON — After Saturday’s overtime win over Toronto, the Bruins were hopeful they’d found a winning formula.
After Tuesday’s 2-0 loss to Flyers, they were back at the drawing board.
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“It’s not good enough. I don’t know. It’s just we’re not making plays,” said coach Jim Montgomery, whose team is 1-3-0-1 including two shutout losses in its last four games. “We’re not doing enough to generate high-danger scoring chances. Whether that’s a will to go to those areas or not the right game plan. We’re all culpable for not coming out with a victory tonight.”
Montgomery said the team’s stars have to start playing like stars.
“I think on every team, your best players, your star players have to carry the weight, the load offensively,” he said. “Those are the players that are out on the power play. Right now, the offense isn’t materializing for us.”
He said simplifying things is step one.
“It’s a multitude of things. It seems like it’s some guys are still fighting it as far as their confidence and their ability to just be smooth with the puck on the ice,” Montgomery said. “There’s areas where we need to be better. Whether it’s shooting the puck at the net when there’s people there, quicker, not passing up shots or building our team offense, which at times we’re doing, at times we’re not. It’s a combination. But it really comes down to decision-making right now
Hampus Lindholm agreed with his coach.
“When the pucks aren’t going in, it gets frustrating,” he said. “It’s the simple stuff that are going to get you out of it. Got to hard areas and put pucks in good spots.”
