BOSTON — Tanner Jeannot, Fraser Minten and Michael Eyssimont need to play better and contribute more … and they know it.

A pleasantly surprising three-game winning streak to begin the season, followed by six straight losses and counting after Thursday’s highly disappointing 7-5 defeat to the Anaheim Ducks at TD Garden, has the Boston Bruins looking for answers to their current woes.

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