Ranking the Most Heartbreaking Bruins Playoff Moments from Bruins Beat

Ranking the Most Heartbreaking Bruins Playoff Moments

1 hour 6 minutes Posted Aug 22, 2026 at 8:29 pm.

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Ranking the Most Heartbreaking Bruins Playoff Moments

-2008 R1 Game 7 vs. MTL — 5-0 loss in MTL 

2009 R2 Game 7 vs. Carolina — Scott Walker punch in Game 5, scores the OT winner 

2010 R2 Game 7 vs. Philly 

2011 SCF Game 3 vs. VAN — Aaron Rome hit on Nathan Horton 

2012 R1 Game 7 vs. WSH — Joel Ward OT winner, lowkey Knuble may have interfered with Thomas 

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2013 SCF Game 1 — Kaspars Daugavins misses an open net in 3OT, Bruins eventually lose

2013 SCF Game 6 — 2 goals in 17 seconds 

2014 R2 Game 3 vs. MTL — Subban out-of-the-box breakaway goal 

2014 R2 Game 7 vs. MTL — Laid an egg in Game 7, ending a Presidents Trophy-winning season 

2019 SCF vs. STL Game 5 — Noel Acciari trip led to goal 

2019 SCF vs. STL Game 7 — laid an egg in Game 7, 4-1 loss, Marchand change 

2020 R1 — Tuukka Rask leaves the bubble to attend to a family matter (ahead of Game 3 vs. CAR)  

2020 R2 vs. TB — Won Game 1, lost four straight to TB for the second time in three years; ended a huge season 

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2023 R1 Game 5 vs. FLA — Brad Marchand’s last-second breakaway before regulation that Bobrovsky stopped 

2023 R1 Game 6 vs. FLA — Bruins lose 7-5, blow a 5-4 lead in the third, epic collapse, DeBrusk shorthanded, Pastrnak pretty goals 

2023 R1 Game 7 vs. FLA — Bruins rally from down 2-0 to make it 3-2 late, Montour scores with a minute left and then Verhaeghe wins it in OT; blew a 3-1 series lead

2026 R1 Game 1 vs. BUF — Bruins blew a 2-0 lead in a few minutes in Game 1, end up losing Game 1 and the series

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On this episode of Bruins Beat, Evan Marinofsky and Patrick Donnelly do the unthinkable — they break out the tiers for the most heartbreaking Bruins playoff moments.

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