Bruins lose in to Canes in remaining minute off brutal broken-stick miscue

The Bruins have now given up 27 objectives throughout the remaining two minutes of a interval this season.

The Bruins coughed up a objective with simply 18.6 seconds left in regulation to Carolina. (AP Picture/Karl DeBlaker)

The 2024-25 Bruins have had no scarcity of back-breaking losses this season.

But when there was ever a sequence that precisely summed up a disastrous 12 months for Boston, it’d as nicely have been the ultimate minute of Boston’s 3-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday evening.

With lower than 25 seconds second in regulation, a shorthanded Bruins roster taking part in with out Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy, Hampus Lindholm, and a now-traded Trent Frederic was knotted in a 2-2 tie with a stout Carolina staff.

Although Boston’s playoff hopes have dwindled, incomes a minimum of a degree on the highway and hanging robust with a respectable Cup contender was a welcome sight in what has in any other case been a rudderless season.

However within the waning seconds of play, catastrophe caught for a Bruins staff that was seemingly prepared for additional time.

After receiving the puck from Elias Lindholm, Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov tried to fireside the puck filter of Boston’s zone or feed it over to fellow blueliner Brandon Carlo.

However what ought to have been a routine play rapidly devolved right into a disaster for Boston. Simply as Zadorov was within the means of whipping the puck out of hazard, his stick snapped — sending the puck dribbling aimlessly out to the slot.

The skittering puck was subsequently scooped proper up by Carolina ahead Seth Jarvis, who fired it previous Joonas Korpisalo with 18.6 seconds left on the clock to seal a 3-2 win for Carolina.

The play itself drew pained reactions from former Bruins Patrice Bergeron, Tuukka Rask, and Andrew Raycroft — who had been watching the sport as a part of NESN’s “Unobstructed Views” alternate broadcast.

It was yet one more crushing consequence for the Bruins, who’ve now misplaced eight out of their final 9 video games and have seen their playoff hopes all however snuffed out at this stage of the calendar.

As famous by 98.5 The Sports activities Hub’s Ty Anderson, the Bruins have now given up 27 objectives this season throughout the remaining two minutes of a interval.

“The distinction at the moment was a damaged stick and a loopy bounce,” Korpisalo famous postgame.

Thursday’s ending was made much more painful by the truth that the Bruins seemingly prevented catastrophe just a bit over a minute earlier — with former Bruin winger Taylor Corridor giving Carolina a 3-2 lead with simply 1:37 left on the clock.

Boston ultimately challenged the play for offsides, with the next video assessment taking Corridor’s go-ahead tally off the board.

However even after being gifted new life following that video assessment, the Bruins nonetheless managed to skate off the ice at Lenovo Heart with none factors to indicate for it.

“I believed the entire staff was fairly good tonight,” interim head coach Joe Sacco stated. The blokes performed exhausting. They had been able to play and we’re disenchanted, clearly. The ending, proper now, it stings due to what occurred there. … That’s the way in which it goes.”