Sports

2016 hasn’t been kind to the Boston Bruins. New Year’s Day ended with an embarrassing loss to the Canadiens in the Winter Classic, and moving indoors to home ice wasn’t enough for the black and gold to take a point or two from the red-hot Capitals. To make matters worse, they play six games in the next nine days, five of which are on the road. Kevin Paul Dupont from the Boston Globe offered his analysis.