Even this late in the season, the 2014-15 Boston Bruins still have their share of flaws. Their defense is still letting up a number of shots on goal; their backup goaltending issues could come back to bite them; offensively, they’re still looking for consistency from guys like Milan Lucic, Carl Soderberg and Reilly Smith (to name a few).

Still, the flaws aren’t as bad when they find ways to win, and that’s what the Black and Gold have done in a tough three-game stretch against desperate teams like the Flyers and Senators, and a solid Red Wings squad.

For a team fighting for their playoff lives, the Bruins will take any win they can get with 16 games remaining in the regular season, which ends exactly a month from today.

“Well, that’s the most important thing,” head coach Claude Julien told NESN’s Jack Edwards and Andy Brickley following the B’s 3-1 win over the Senators on Tuesday night. “When you’re capable of winning games where you don’t think you’re the best [team] but did the things you had to do to win, that’s what is important right now. At this stage, those two points become extremely valuable, and again this [Senators] team was on a pretty good roll and they seemed pretty confident. So for us to come in here and take two points is pretty good for us.”

Some of the Bruins’ issues were front and center against the Sens. Defensively, they were sloppy from the midway point of the second period on. Offensively, guys like Smith and Soderberg missed prime opportunities to break out of their funk and give the team some scoring depth.

On the flip side, birthday boy Tuukka Rask (39 saves) and the hometown kid Ryan Spooner (two goals) provided a spark that the B’s needed. They also got some lucky breaks as the Sens hit three posts during the second period.

“The most important thing is we won the game and got the two points in the standings,” Lucic, who tallied his 200th career NHL assist on Spooner’s second goal Tuesday night, told reporters. “But we gave up a lot more chances than we would have liked. Tuukka stepped up and played a huge game for us, especially in the second period. We come out 3-0 heading into the third, but it easily could be 3-3.”

From puck luck, to their special team improvements, to Brad Marchand’s heroics against the Flyers, to Daniel Paille’s four goals in his last seven games, to acquiring Max Talbot, the Bruins have some good things going for them during this three-game stretch. As a result, they’ve created some distance and now lead the ninth-place Florida Panthers by six points for the final wild card spot in the Eastern Conference. They’ve also dampened the Sens and Flyers’ playoff hopes in this span.

As the Black and Gold try to separate themselves from the teams beneath them, they are within striking distance of the Washington Capitals for the first wild card spot. The B’s will have two games in hand following the Caps game against the New York Rangers on Wednesday night.

The Caps, who beat the Bruins in October, have a four-point lead. The two teams will meet twice in the next few weeks, including Sunday in Washington.

The Bruins, who welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to TD Garden Thursday night, will continue to work on their flaws during the last month of the season. As long as they win, however, the style points don’t matter.