Consistency, as they say, is the name of the game.

If there’s one thing the Bruins have been this season, it’s consistently inconsistent.

Prior to their season-long four-game losing streak, the Bruins’ trended in different directions. Win two in a row and lose one. Lose three straight and win two. Win three consecutive and lose two more and on and on.

As results become crucial past the midway point of the season, the Bruins need to stop that trend and string together a run of success. Whether it’s five wins in a row or a stretch of 12 wins in 15, they’ll need a run of consistency in order to separate themselves from the likes of the Maple Leafs, Senators, Flyers, Red Wings and the remaining teams in the Eastern Conference playoff picture.

“It’s happened a lot this season where we had one good game and then the next game we don’t play as well,” David Krejci said following Wednesday’s film and on-ice session in Brighton. “Consistency is big.”

For the first time in a couple of weeks, the Bruins stepped onto the Warrior Ice Arena surface a day after notching a victory. They hope to be doing that more often following the 4-3 overtime win over the Red Wings that snapped the four-game skid.

Quite frankly, they need to.

Although there were a few concerns from Tuesday’s win over Detroit such as the defensive breakdowns in the second period, the Bruins have plenty to build on entering Thursday’s game against the Red Wings. From getting pucks to the front of the net to establishing zone time, the Black and Gold’s put together a solid 60-plus minute effort for their first victory since January 14th against the Flyers.

“I think we like this feeling,” Beleskey said about practicing the day after a win. “Coming out on top is a lot better and it’s something that we want to keep doing. So we just have to stick with it, keep working hard and try to pay attention to details, and hopefully it will pay off.”

Tuesday was just one game, though. Yes, the Bruins avenged an embarrassing loss from a week ago against the same Red Wings squad that came back from three down to eventually win in a shootout.

Come Thursday, the last game before the All-Star break, the Bruins will have to avenge another embarrassing loss last week. Yes, the Penguins will be without Evgeni Malkin (lower body), but they still have to go up against the likes of Sidney Crosby, Conor Sheary and Phil Kessel. No easy task, especially after Sunday’s 5-1 loss to the Penguins where defensive breakdowns and a lack of offensive pressure doomed the Bruins from the opening moments.

“We want to carry on what we were building from last night’s game and get better with every shift, keep to the system and play really hard,” David Pastrnak said a day after ending his career-long 17-game goal drought with his overtime winner. “If we can do that, then we can beat anybody.”

With every team having games in hand on the Bruins in the Eastern Conference playoff picture, Claude Julien and company need results, quickly. By the time they begin their bye week, they may see themselves on the outside looking in of either third in the Atlantic or the second wild card spot as the rest of the league catches up to the B’s in games played.

Building consistency can at least put the Bruins in a better position if they have to play catch up when they return from their bye week. A run of success is needed before that if they want to increase their chances of returning to the postseason, which, entering Wednesday, stands at 26.6 percent according to Sports Club Stats.