For Charlie McAvoy, it wasn’t just the results — or lack thereof — for the Bruins over the last few weeks that was testing his patience.

Rather, it was the manner in which the Bruins were losing those games that was confounding a Bruins locker room searching for answers.

For all of the preseason talk of the 2025-26 Bruins being a team forced to win low-scoring games while relying heavily on a stout defensive unit, much of the opposite played out over the first month of a new campaign.

After Boston’s lopsided 7-2 loss to the Senators on Monday, the Bruins ranked 29th in the NHL in goals allowed per gamer (3.82), and 29th in high-danger scoring chances allowed per 60 minutes at 5-on-5 play (13.4).

A top D pairing of McAvoy and Mason Lohrei also left a lot to be desired in Boston’s own en

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