“We were definitely sloppy with the puck on our stick,” defenseman Ryan McDonagh said. “Turnovers were an all-time high for us in the season, but in the end, we got outworked, if we’ve really looking at the big picture here, and there’s a team that simply came in and worked harder than us, and that’s the disappointing thing for sure.”

A day after trading away several key contributors to their franchise's sustained success, including 36-year-old captain Brad Marchand, the Boston Bruins got off to a good start in their new era with a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday,

All three players are in their first season with the new-look Bruins. Boston’s boldest move was dealing captain Brad Marchand, the last remaining player from its 2011 Stanley Cup championship team, to the Florida Panthers.