BOSTON — Being the top dog in the National Hockey League comes with its challenges, as the Bruins are learning. It doesn’t matter where an opponent sits in the standings, a date with the league leaders has a way shaking that team out of its doldrums.
Such was the case on Saturday when the Columbus Blue Jackets, last in the Eastern Conference, came to TD Garden. And for a good 50 minutes, the Jackets gave the Bruins all they could handle. Boston’s own miscues didn’t help matters much either.
But the Bruins scored two goals in 19 seconds in the third period to finally pull away and take a 4-2 victory.
