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‘Pee Wee’ defensive mistakes sink Bruins vs. Canucks

Shawn Matthias, Dougie Hamilton, Derek Dorsett, Tuukka Rask, Dennis Seidenberg

Shawn Matthias, Dougie Hamilton, Derek Dorsett, Tuukka Rask, Dennis Seidenberg

AP

The Boston Bruins have dropped four of their last five games, but tonight’s 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks was particularly troubling.

Boston’s defense was on display in a bad way in this contest, with Dougie Hamilton and Dennis Seidenberg executing ugly passes that Canucks forward Shawn Matthias was able to capitalize on:

Matthias had a hat trick as he also accounted for Vancouver’s opening goal. He has 13 goals in 52 games this season, with five of those markers coming in his last four contests.

This was the opening tilt in an important five-game road trip for the Bruins. With a 28-20-7 record, their hold on the second Wild Card spot is tenuous and Hamilton recently noted that there’s “a lot of negativity in the room.” Certainly this defeat won’t do anything to help that.

Vancouver has now won three of its last four contests to improve to 31-20-3. The Canucks needed these two points to keep pace with San Jose tonight in the battle for second place in the Pacific Division. The victory also gives the Canucks a four-point cushion in the fight for a postseason berth.

They’ll head to Calgary for another important game Saturday night.

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