One Big Takeaway From Bruins’ Shutout Loss To Flyers

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins continued to struggle offensively against a Philadelphia Flyers team that had allowed 40 goals entering Tuesday night’s matchup at TD Garden.

The Bruins had plenty of offensive zone ice time but failed to solve Flyers goalie Samuel Ersson, who made 22 saves for his first shutout of the season as Boston fell 2-0.

At one time, the power play was a lethal weapon, but as of late, it’s been more of a power outage.

Boston had four power-play opportunities, including a five-on-three for 1:37, but only mustered two shots on Ersson. The Bruins had good puck movement and held possession of the puck for nearly the entirety of the man advantages but passed up shots on numerous occasions.

Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery tried to spark the offense by mixing up the forward lines late in the second period and to start the third.

Brad Marchand joined David Pastrnak on the top line with Elias Lindholm, and Pavel Zacha dropped down to the second line to join Charlie Coyle. Montgomery also moved Mark Kastelic from the fourth line to skate with Coyle and Zacha while Morgan Geekie took Kastelic’s spot.

The new combinations didn’t help much as the Bruins managed just two shots on net through 16 minutes of the third period.

If it were not for Joonas Korpisalo minding the pipes for the Bruins, the game could have gotten out of hand early.

Korpisalo, starting just his third game of the season, made two outstanding saves in the first seven minutes to keep the game scoreless. His only mistake came in the middle frame when Tyson Foerster beat him five-hole for the game’s first goal.

The Bruins’ backup netminder made 17 saves in his second loss of the season.

Boston will look to get back in the win column when they travel to Carolina to take on the Hurricanes on Thursday night. Puck drop from Lenovo Center is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET, and you can watch all the action, following an hour of pregame coverage, on NESN.