I know that the comparison I'm about to make is a bit of a stretch, but Boston's bad play in the Oilers game and their current 2-0 deficit to Detroit—both after having had 4 days off—is giving me "2020 covid pause" vibes. That was a much different situation, of course, and a much longer break, but the covid pause absolutely killed that Bruins team, and this recent 4-day break has done the current team no favors.
And maybe I missed something, but why did the Bruins have such a long break? It's weird to me, especially since they just had a weeklong all-star break a few weeks ago.