PHILADELPHIA — “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” Those are the words that the Boston Bruins are likely echoing to themselves following their eighth loss in their last ten games.

This 3-2 loss to the Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night felt eerily similar to the Black and Gold after blowing a third period lead just 48 hours prior at Madison Square Garden — a game where they took a 1-0 lead into the second intermission. Just like Monday, the Bruins had a case of deja vu against the Flyers as they scored two unanswered goals in a span of 1:22 (from Wayne Simmonds and Mark Streit). In their first meeting back in October, the Flyers also came from behind in the third period.

All of this has left the Bruins scratching their heads as they head to snowy Buffalo for the fifth and final game of their road trip.

“The three games we lost [on the road trip], it felt like we could have won them,” said Loui Eriksson, who is now tied for the team lead in goals with 15 along with Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron following his second period power play tally at 16:26 of the middle stanza.

“It’s just tough how we ended up playing in the third [in New York] and they scored a couple of goals on us today and we wound up losing the game. So, again, it’s definitely not how we wanted to play.”

“Right now it’s just a real frustrating time for our team,” added head coach Claude Julien. “Missed opportunities that went in, and [making] mistakes at the other, so we have to be able to turn the tide there.”

Here are a few things that we learned from another Bruins loss as their wild card spot hangs in the balance.

Defensive problems front and center

Whether it was communications issues, a lack of execution, or both, the Bruins blue-liners had serious breakdowns on all three goals allowed.

In a period where they allowed just five shots in the first 20 minutes, Jakub Voracek tallied his fifth of the year on a Tuukka Rask rebound, with four Bruin defenders in the area, to open the scoring at 17:28. On Simmonds’ third period tally, Zdeno Chara and Zach Trotman lost their assignment on a 2-on-1 that led to the Flyers’ equalizer. Just 1:22 later, Streit banked home another rebound for the game-winner as the Flyers speed overwhelmed the Bruins.

Surely, this young Bruins defense will make mistakes and need to find a way to respond. But when they’re struggling, the defensive issues, particularly when they’re leading, are front and center, and that was no different on Wednesday night.

“We’ve got to correct the way that we play with a lead,” said Chara, who was on the ice for all three of the Flyers’ goals. “It’s simple to say it, but yeah, we’ve got to make better plays, and, you know, find a way to get those results.”

A decent showing for Kevan Miller

Kevan Miller’s struggles have been well documented and one game isn’t going to cure everything. But it’s hard to deny that the former Vermont Catamount had a solid game on a day where both Miller and Claude Julien fielded questions on No. 86’s season-long struggles during the morning skate.

Just 4:13 in, Miller engaged in a fight with Brayden Schenn as he took exception to a hard, clean hit by Schenn on Krug. He followed that with his third goal on the season after taking a Max Talbot feed and shooting it past Steve Mason for the equalizer at 8:38 of the second period.

The one blemish for Miller was being caught on the ice for Streit’s game-winner. Otherwise, it was a rare solid performance for the 28-year-old defenseman.