Bruins lose to Sabres in blowout: 'We should all be embarrassed' - ESPN

The Boston Bruins' bench couldn't even look Jeremy Swayman in the eye.

Swayman's teammates could only gaze blankly ahead as their goaltender — having just been pulled when the Buffalo Sabres took a 6-0 third-period lead in Game 4 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series Sunday — howled his displeasure over their dismal performances on his way to the dressing room.

Joonas Korpisalo took over for Swayman, and the Bruins managed one marker in the 6-1 loss that gave the Sabres a 3-1 series advantage and put Boston on the brink of elimination. Game 5 is Tuesday in Buffalo.

If the Bruins were initially silenced by Swayman's understandable outburst — being booed and catcalled by the Boston faithful likely didn't help matters, either — they were blunt in taking ownership for the bulk of Sunday's debacle.

«Man to man in here, if we're not f---ing embarrassed by what just happened, then I don't know what to say,» Charlie McAvoy said. «We have everything to play for from here, and we know we're such a better team than what we just did.»

Boston was abysmal from the outset of Game 4, as multiple turnovers and lazy defense allowed the Sabres to score three goals (from Peyton Krebs, Josh Doan and Zach Benson) in 4:58 to spot Buffalo an extensive lead before the first period was half over.

Bruins coach Marco Sturm called a timeout to try to settle his group down, and it did no good — Bowen Byram got another past Swayman less than five minutes later. Boston limped off after 20 minutes being outshot 19-5 and in a demoralizing 4-0 hole it had little chance of climbing out from.

«Wasted opportunity. Unacceptable,» said David Pastrnak, who was minus-2. «We expect better from ourselves. We are better than that, and we can't show