Cassidy Comments On Bruins End Of Season Mini-Collapse.

"[The passion in our game] is what we were missing [Sunday], and then [problems with] execution crept in when we . . . started to want to get the game back [because] we did it more as individuals instead of a team," said head coach Bruce Cassidy. "Then, the third we started playing together, but then it's too late; we're chasing the game . . .

"We're not going to allow one game to define us, yet we understand the meaning. We let one get away, an opportunity lost to have home-ice advantage, and we'll see if that haunts us down the road. I think it's too early to tell that right now."