The Boston Bruins will no doubt be scoreboard watching this weekend.
With a devastating 6-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators, the Bruins missed their chance to clinch a spot in the postseason and will now turn their eyes to the Philadelphia Flyers with the hope the team will stumble in their quest to clinch a spot, needing two points in their final two contests.
"Right now, all we can do is cross our fingers and hope for a miracle," head coach Claude Julien said. "That's all that's left for us.
"Excuses are out the window."
Claude Julien said it was about a "lack of execution" rather than "lack of urgency" for Bruins in 6-1 loss to Sens. I'm gonna beg to differ
— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) April 9, 2016
Forward Patrice Bergeron echoed his head coach suggesting the team now needs some help.
"Fingers crossed, I guess, but it was in our hands and we didn’t do it, so hopefully we can get some help from other teams," said Bergeron. "All you need is to get in, right? So after that, anything can happen.
"Hopefully it comes out that way."
After making the postseason every season from 2008-2014, the club is in jeopardy of missing the playoffs for the second-straight season after missing last season's installment by just two points.
The Bruins chances are slim, but a huge opportunity was definitely squandered Saturday.
"Our A-game wasn't there," said Julien. There was a lot that wasn't at the level it needed to be today."
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