The Bruins have faced many problems which have led to a lackluster start almost a month into the 2016-17 season. From defensive issues to their backup goaltending to their lack of a power play, the Bruins have a long way to go in order to right the ship.

Another one of those issues surrounding the Black and Gold: secondary scoring. Well, at least for one night the Bruins solved that problem.

Outside of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak, the Bruins entered Monday’s contest with the Buffalo Sabres with just nine goals by forwards outside of the aforementioned trio.

In what was their first of five games in seven days, the Bruins finally got some secondary scoring en route to a 4-0 shutout over the Sabres. Not only did the Bruins find secondary scoring, they also managed multiple power play goals for the first time all season. More on that later.

“You know, at one point you need those guys to produce and you know, things are starting to turn around,” head coach Claude Julien said Monday night about the Bruins third line. “When you have better-balanced scoring it makes it a lot easier for your team and a lot tougher for the other team to defend against.”

After Brad Marchand gave the Bruins the 1-0 lead just over five minutes into the middle stanza, David Krejci and Riley Nash struck just over two minutes apart. Both Krejci and Nash notched their first goals of the season.

“Yeah, obviously. It’s always nice to get the first one,” Krejci told the media following his second period power play tally. “I felt like I was very close the last few games. But yeah, the first one is sometimes a really tough one, especially after so many games like that. It was good to see it go in and hopefully many more.”

“Yeah, you know, when things aren’t going right, you just try and help out in any way possible, but it’s definitely nice to get the points,” Nash said after the win.

After a poor start that has led to the scratch of Matt Beleskey and now Jimmy Hayes for the second consecutive game, the trio of Austin Czarnik, Nash and Beleskey has looked sharp two games in a row.

Nash attributes Czarnik’s craftiness as to what makes Czarnik a special player and what has helped his line the last two contests.

“Yeah, he’s a crafty player out there. He’s got great hockey sense, obviously a guy… not the biggest guy, but, you know, he’s smarter than a lot of guys out there, so he knows what to do,” added Nash. “He knows where to put the puck, and he knows where to be, so it makes my job a lot easier too.”

Picking up an assist on Marchand’s fifth of the season, Beleskey had arguably his best game of the season. Beleskey was a little hesitant in crediting his healthy scratch as what has sparked him of late.

“I don’t want to say it helped me, I don’t want to get scratched again you know?” Beleskey said postgame with a smile. “That’s not what you want but like I said [in Tampa] it’s a reset, it’s a time to think about the game, look at it and come back with an open mind. I think the coaches have been helping me work through it and that’s all you can do work hard and hopefully get some bounces like I did tonight.”

On Monday, the Bruins’ secondary and power play scoring went hand in hand as the Bruins converted on three of their eight power plays.

“Yeah, the second PP [power play], you know, we tried to keep it simple, get some shots, and then had that second opportunity, so we practiced in the morning, you know, we were talking we’re going to have the second opportunities, you know, and I think we did pretty good both PP’s and then special teams was big for us tonight” said David Pastrnak who scores his team-leading eighth goal Monday night.

The Bruins hope their secondary scoring rides this momentum into Montreal Tuesday night.