"Their penalty kill, good at the start of the season, has fallen on very hard times recently. The PK allowed two more power-play goals on Sunday, the seventh straight game they've allowed a PP goal. The B's also seem to be in search of the right combination for the top line. Sunday's iteration - David Pastrnak-Pavel Zacha-Casey Mittelstadt - finished minus-2 and were outplayed by the Sens' big guns."
"All of a sudden, the B's find themselves in a precarious spot. They have one game to get right against their archrival Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday at the Garden before the three-day Christmas break. After that, the B's will play five straight on the road, where they're 8-9. As tight as the Eastern Conference standings are, one lengthy slump could put this team down too deep a hole."
The Boston Bruins opened the homestand by beating the Utah Mammoth but then lost to the Edmonton Oilers, dropped a shootout to the Vancouver Canucks, and were routed 6-2 by the Ottawa Senators. The team has allowed a power-play goal in seven straight games as the penalty kill has declined. Coaches are searching for an effective top line; the Pastrnak-Zacha-Mittelstadt trio finished minus-2 and was outplayed. Boston faces the Montreal Canadiens at the Garden before a three-day Christmas break, then five road games where the club is 8-9, risking a damaging slump in a tight Eastern Conference.
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