BOSTON — The Bruins’ injuries appeared to finally catch up with them.
Missing three top-six forwards and their best defenseman, Boston was especially out of sync on Monday against Carolina at TD Garden.
The Bruins stayed even for a period, but the Hurricanes scored two goals in the second period and Boston spent the rest of the game trying to dig out and fell, 3-1.
The loss snapped Jeremy Swayman’s perfect November, ending his streak at five games and the Bruins’ home winning streak at six.
Boston heads out on an eight-day road trip beginning Wednesday in Anaheim.
Marco Sturm tried juggling his lines, but nothing clicked.
After an evenly-played first period, the Hurricanes pulled ahead 1-0 when Jordan Staal beat Swayman through traffic, 8:25 into the second period.
Mark Jankowski made it 2-0 with 6:26 left in the second. He scooped a rebound off Jeremy Swayman’s pads and flipped it past him.
Former Bruin Taylor Hall ended any suspense in the third with his fifth goal of the season with 2:33 left.
Pyotr Kochetkov nearly became the first goalie to shut the Bruins out this season, but Riley Tufte, who was called up Monday morning, scored with nine seconds left.
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