For the most part, the Bruins have done a pretty good job bouncing back from a tough outcome under Bruce Cassidy. In their previous two losses – against the Ducks and Rangers – since Cassidy took over one month ago on Tuesday, the Bruins bounced back the very next game.

Earlier in the season, this would be a sore spot under Claude Julien. Whether it was bouncing back from a tough loss or trying to extend a win streak beyond three games, the Bruins had a difficult time overcoming adversity.

Having gone through losing streaks and a coaching change, the Bruins are more in tune with responding to challenges put in front of them. After Monday’s 4-2 stinker in Ottawa, the Black and Gold will have a chance to bounce back on Wednesday when they host the Red Wings on NBCSN’s Rivalry Night.

“We try to focus on ourselves more than the other team,” Torey Krug said less than 24 hours after the Bruins’ second loss of the regular season against the Senators. “You can give them credit for what [the Senators did], but I think we could definitely be better. I thought they brought up a little more grit and determination last night and we could’ve responded a little bit better, but we’re focused on ourselves and trying to improve our game each night and we’ll take a look at that and move on to the next game.”

Their success of bouncing back during the course of the game – even in Monday’s contest with the Sens – or after a tough loss shows that the Bruins are capable of responding to challenges. That will have to continue as they hope to stave off the Maple Leafs, Panthers and Lightning for a top three spot in the Atlantic Division.

And perhaps the Islanders if they fall out of the top three in the Atlantic and into the wild card race.

“We’ve done a real good job of [responding] in game as well,” Cassidy said Tuesday at Warrior Ice Arena in response to overcoming their previous two losses and bouncing back with a win. “We saw it yesterday [in Ottawa]. We’re down 2-0, and that you should [give up] or won’t [give up], but our team didn’t. We kept playing. We got ourselves back into the game and at the end of the day, we had a chance to win where we weren’t at our best. So that’s a positive.”

Flying under the radar in all of this is the fact that the Black and Gold have lost two of their last three games. With points at a premium in the tight Eastern Conference playoff race, one might see that as a detriment to the Black and Gold.

David Backes, nor the rest of the Bruins for that matter don’t view it the same way, with their one game at a time mindset. That approach continues as they await the Red Wings.

“We lost the last one, learned from it, and we we’re going to play the Detroit Red Wings tomorrow night and we need to have a good game, and that’s our focus,” Backes said after Tuesday’s off-ice film session in Brighton.

“I think the adversity and the lulls of mid-season, I don’t think there as applicable anymore. We’ve got 16 games to play but we’re going to play them one at a time and we need to have the attitude that each one is going to be two points in our bank and we need to find a way to get into this playoff race or into the playoffs as the end of the season happens.”