Story byTyler MaherSun, December 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM UTC·1 min readThe Boston Bruins finally suffered their first overtime loss of the season on Saturday, losing 5-4 to the Vancouver Canucks in shootouts at TD Garden. It was a frustrating loss for the Bruins, who saw their perfect 6-0 record snapped in shootouts. Boston outplayed the Canucks and had more than twice as many shots on goal, but made several costly mistakes and mental lapses that came back to haunt them. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Bruins had multiple chances to win the game in shootouts but failed to score in all seven of their opportunities, missing out on a point in the process. After the game, head coach Marco Sturm was clearly disappointed in the final outcome and didn’t hold back in his analysis.“Those little individual mistakes, I would say, cost us,” Sturm said during his postgame interview. “Some guys, it was probably one of their worst games of the year.