"It's our first [regulation] loss at home. It's our 23rd game of the year [at home]. I guess we're fortunate in one way," said coach Jim Montgomery. "We're not happy about how we played, and we'll address it [Friday], we'll regroup, and we'll be better Saturday night [against Toronto].
"I don't think at any point we were negative. I felt there was a belief the whole time that we were gonna comeback. The biggest difference I noticed from previous games was in the third period we didn't have the charge in us, so that just tells me our batteries are low."
The Bruins were playing their first game back from a six-day swing through California that came on the heels of a weekend of festivities at Fenway Park for the Winter Classic. With four days between games and just one practice since their victory in Anaheim on Sunday night, Montgomery could sense some mental fatigue within his group.
"Not physical, mental," said Montgomery. "There was guys wide open…we make a lot of plays throughout the year and we weren't seeing those plays. We were not a second, but two seconds, late and then we were trying to force the plays which led to a lot of turnovers and them being able to transition on us and us being one and done in the offensive zone.
"That doesn't usually happen, and I think the mental fatigue, we were just a little bit lazy with our offense and unfortunately they were in the right spots and went the other way on us."
The Kraken - now winners of seven consecutive games, six of which have come on their current road trip - used their speed to limit Boston, particularly in their own end of the ice, making it difficult for the Bruins to generate much offensively to beat Martin Jones (27 saves) as they were shutout for the first time this season.
"Their team structure is excellent," said Montgomery. "I thought their speed defensively gave us a lot of problems. On the forecheck, in the neutral zone, especially in the D-Zone. We were kinda one and done in the offensive zone. I think that was a credit to how fast they played defensively."