The Bruins never got over their miserable start and dropped their second straight game on their five-game road trip.
Boston committed three penalties in the first three minutes of the game and trailed by two 5:14 into the game and fell to the Kraken, 5-1, on Thursday in Seattle.
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Thursday seemed to be a litmus test. How would the Bruins respond get drilled by the Jets on Tuesday?
The first returns were not good. David Pastrnak he was called for an inexplicable double minor by the high post just 16 seconds into the game and eight seconds later Oliver Bjorkstrand scored a power play goal to put the Bruins in a 1-0 hole.
Less than a minute after Pastrnak’s return, Tyler Johnson drew a 3-pointer, again on the offensive end. He had just left the box when Jaden Schwartz beat Joonas Korpisalo to make it 2-0.
From there, the Bruins dictated play to get past the Kraken, but had to chase down the score.
Brad Marchand was awarded a penalty when Brandon Montour gloved the puck in the crease for Seattle on a shot by Johnny Beecher, who was playing on the top line after Elias Lindholm left with an upper body injury.
Marchand made a clever move on Philipp Grubauer. He went from right to back, as if he was going to try to go out with a spin. But instead, he slid the puck through the goalie’s legs to make it 1-0 with 9:32 left in the second.
The Bruins continued to outscore the Kraken (11-7 in the second), but fell short of the tying goal.
Seattle stretched its lead to two goals in the third when Vince Dunn knocked the puck out of the air past Korpisalo. It was close to the high post, but the officials ruled it a good goal, 3:07 of the third.
Bjorkstrand’s second goal of the game, at 9:16 of the period, broke the Bruins’ will. Jared McCann added an empty netter late.
Korpisalo played well enough to keep the Bruins in the game early as several of his 16 saves were challenging, but in a battle of backup goaltenders, Grubauer was the star.
Grubauer, who entered the game 2-8-0 with a poor GAA (3.71) and save percentage (.870), frustrated the Bruins with 33 saves.