Interim HC Joe Sacco makes his feelings known about stale Boston Bruins offense

The Boston Bruins offense has been struggling mightily this season, and interim head coach Joe Sacco is making it clear that he wants to see improvements. After the Bruins' 2-0 shutout loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, their record dropped to 10-10-3 for the season.

The loss to Vancouver marked the first game under Sacco since he took over for former coach Jim Montgomery last week.

Boston Bruins offense has been stale so far this season with, a 2.32 goals per game average, the lowest in the NHL, and a 12.8% power play stood, currently the second-worst in the league, before Tuesday night's game.

The Bruins have now gone six straight games scoring two goals or fewer, doing so in just two of their last 11 games overall. This season, they've been shut out four times, a stark contrast to last season when they were shut out only twice.

Sacco expressed his frustration:

"Maybe not enough (high danger chances)," he said. "But when we do, we just have to start burying our chances. I think we're giving ourselves a chance to compete in games, now that the guys are defending hard, but offensively we have to get some guys going and find their scoring touch."

When asked if the lack of scoring was due to bad luck or if players needed to do more, Sacco responded:

"It starts with execution. I would imagine some of the guys don't have the confidence that they've had in the past…The guys need to dig in and bear down. We gotta flip it quick, we’ve got another one tomorrow night, so be ready to go."

Next, the Bruins will face the New York Islanders on Wednesday.

Bruins HC Joe Sacco on failed challenge

Joe Sacco challenged Vancouver's first goal, scored by Jake DeBrusk, arguing that it should have been called a hand pass since the puck deflected off Conor Garland's glove before DeBrusk scored.

“It was just because of what happened in the past. I remember a play when it hit one of our guy’s gloves and one of our players didn’t move his hand at all. And they called it,” Sacco said. “When I looked at it, it hit I believe it was Garland’s hand and it went right to the eventual goal scorer.

Despite the failed challenge, Joe Sacco stood by his decision. In the late third period, Garland scored an empty-net goal to secure a 2-0 win for Vancouver.