So much for the Bruins gaining traction from their big win over the Colorado Avalanche.

After the B’s had snapped their six-game losing streak on Saturday, they responded with one of their sloppiest performances of the season on Monday, losing to the Ottawa Senators, 7-2, at the Canadian Tire Centre. It was a loss that was far too reminiscent of so many defeats from the disastrous 2024-25 season.

Poor defensive zone coverage, slapdash breakouts, all-thumbs execution on the puck, and an increasingly vacant effort led to the B’s seventh loss in eighth games and evaporated any good feeling earned by their win over the Avs.

Drake Batherson and Tim Stutzle each scored twice and the Sens scored four power-play goals for a too-easy divisional win.

The Bruins were most definitely not the “hard

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