This was not a last-place team like the Flyers, nor a team that had lost four in row like the Islanders.
These were the Bruins, the best team in the NHL over the past six weeks or so. And, like the Flyers and Islanders before them, the Bruins became the latest to lose to the Penguins, who, don't look now, are starting to resemble -- maybe not a Stanley Cup three-peat threat just yet -- a legitimate playoff team. After the first 43 games of this roller coaster of a season, it's an improvement.
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