from Amalie Benjamin of NHL.com,

Brad Marchand was clear-eyed and honest in the minutes after the Boston Bruins lost to the St. Louis Blues 3-2 in overtime in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. He saw his play and his line's play for what it was, and he found it wanting.

"We need to be better," Marchand said. "Personally, I wasn't good the last two games. We can't be playing like that."

For Marchand, and for the top line, this has been an up-and-down Stanley Cup Playoffs. The numbers are certainly more than respectable -- Marchand is tied with the Blues' Jaden Schwartz (19 points) as the second-leading scorer in the postseason -- but they haven't been the consistent, dominating force that they have been in previous years, that they were in the regular season....

The Bruins need the offense the Bergeron line has always provided consistently, and they need fewer mistakes, with Marchand and Pastrnak making uncharacteristic miscues in Game 2 when the Blues tied the best-of-7 series. Game 3 is at St. Louis on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS).

It starts, as Marchand said, "with taking care of little details. That's the biggest thing. It'll come. That's how it is."

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