Overall, it was a frustrating night for the Bruins, who finished with a 46-16 shot advantage and felt that they carried the play for much of the contest. They were unable to do enough, however, to solve Coyotes goalie Karel Vejmelka, who made 43 saves on 46 shots.
"We found a way to battle in the game," said Foligno. "I think we always feel like we're confident when we're playing that well, good things are gonna happen for our club. It's a little surprising that it didn't. It was more circumstantial than not. I'm not gonna look down on our team tonight.
"There's areas we can improve in. Anytime you lose, there's always little things you can take away when you pepper the goalie like we did. We dominated that team. It's unfortunate we didn't come away with a win."
After falling behind, 1-0, just 23 seconds into the game, David Pastrnak scored on the power play 4:29 later to even things up, before Charlie Coyle gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead at 7:48 of the second. Crouse then tallied his first of two goals 2:52 after that to knot things up, once again, while setting the stage for the Coyotes to take a 3-2 lead on Nick Schmaltz's goal 53 seconds into the third.
"Obviously not the start that you want," said Bergeron. "I thought we made a lot of great plays, had a lot of great looks. Ultimately, I think defensively we gave them some Grade A's. They're a good team, they're gonna make you pay.
"It was a bit of a different game, different flow. It was kind of on and off. The bottom line is we've got to be better overall and find ways to deny those Grade A chances and find ways to find the back of the net on our side."