Joel Farabee capped Philly’s third win of the year with an empty-netter late in regulation. Here are some observations as the Bruins fall to 4-5-1 on the young season.

The power play remained static.

Through 10 games, the Bruins sit at the bottom of the league in power play, having converted just six of 42 opportunities. But Tuesday showed the extent of their continued struggles to generate any sort of scoring chance.

Instead of establishing a shooting mentality, the Bruins remain in search of executing a perfect play with their man advantage. This development doesn’t bode well in any competition, much less against a team that prides itself on its shot-blocking prowess, as is the case for any team coached by John Tortorella.

With their stationary setup and slow puck movement, the Bruins succumbed to an 0-for-4 night with the man advantage. They managed their only two shots on goal on the power play during their 1:37 of 5-on-3 play early in the first period.

“Faster puck movement,” Montgomery said of what his team can do to improve the power play. “If you move the puck fast enough and you think you’re going to shoot first, they’re not going to be in shooting lanes.”

As simple as it sounds in theory, the Bruins could use more than a shooting mentality to produce better results on a struggling power play. They could also use a more aggressive shooting philosophy during a 5v5 game.

Frustrations mount for Boston’s sputtering offense.

The Bruins didn’t have much difficulty transitioning pucks up the ice against the Flyers. Instead, their challenges came from getting pucks through traffic when entering the offensive zone.

More often than not, the Bruins settled for low-percentage shot attempts along the points. For a struggling team, the perimeter-based approach is hardly a recipe for success.

“We had a few chances in the second, but we didn’t do enough in the third,” said captain Brad Marchand. “You can’t play on the perimeter against a team like that. So just go a little further inside (near the net).

Certainly, the Flyers defended the front of Ersson territory well enough to achieve their first shutout of the year. Despite this, the Bruins succumbed to overthinking their decisions with the puck.

The power play’s lack of shooting mentality carried over to even strength. Four of Boston’s forwards – Matthew Poitras, Pavel Zacha, Johnny Beecher and Mark Kastelic – failed to get a single shot on goal, prompting Montgomery to make another round of changes in the game with his four attacking trios.

Indeed, the Bruins can use a reinforcement, whether it is Tyler Johnson or Fabian Lysell. Even so, they will need a lot more production from their front six.

Regardless of personnel, the Bruins need to establish better offensive habits, especially around the front of the net.

“No one will give it to you for free in this league,” defender Hampus Lindholm said. “You’re going to have to work to get there, and start right away by maybe winning and fighting and going from goal to net instead of maybe trying to get the puck in, because that doesn’t happen not in this league. You’re going to have to work for it and get that mindset from everyone here and do it as a team.”

The Bruins fail to capitalize on their victory against Toronto.

Despite some hiccups, the Bruins generated one of their best 60-plus minute efforts of the season on Saturday. But the Montgomery club failed to build on this victory against the Maple Leafs and now finds itself back at square one.

“I think you just have to find a way to put together two good games in a row,” said forward Matthew Poitras. “I felt like we had the puck a lot tonight and were in the O-zone a lot, but we have to find a way to break through their coverage in the D-zone when they’re collapsing toward the net. So yeah, we just have to find a way to get scoring opportunities.

The Bruins created several quality looks in high-danger scoring areas against Toronto and didn’t let a single mishap on Auston Matthews’ tally late in regulation affect them.

On Tuesday, the Bruins experienced a decline after Foerster’s tally. And frankly, they hardly posed much of a scoring threat en route to another early-season loss.