All good things must come to an end — and on Tuesday night, the Bruins’ 18-game point streak suffered that fate thanks to a 3-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks at TD Garden.

In their first contest following the All-Star break, the Bruins came out flat in the opening stanza and trailed the visitors 2-0 by the end of the period.

Boston eventually found its legs and were the better team in the last two frames. Nevertheless, Ryan Spooner’s eighth goal of the season in the final minute proved a fruitless endeavor; not only was the tally too little too late, but it was also swiftly canceled out by Adam Henrique’s second of the night — an empty-netter — to seal the Anaheim victory.

The loss signaled the end of a point streak which spanned almost a month and a half and saw the Bruins bag 14 wins in 18 games.

“I didn’t think that much about it [the point streak]. It’s nice to be on it, don’t get me wrong. I take a lot of pride in it. We try to win every night, and it’s a credit to the guys,” head coach Bruce Cassidy said postgame. “It’s not going to go on forever; we all know that. It’s too good a league. [It’s] certainly put ourselves in a good position in the standings to get on that roll, but we’ll have to start a new one now.”

The Bruins will have the chance to start a new streak Thursday night when they host the St. Louis Blues.

Having been around the block a few times, Zdeno Chara knows the first step toward a new streak is important.

“We’ve got to look at the next game. We can’t be looking back; we’ve got to be ahead, and that’s very important for us, to make sure [of] that,” the Bruins captain said. “This part of the season, everybody’s really playing desperate hockey; they’re chasing every point for either a better position into the playoffs or trying to get to the playoffs, and we’ve got to realize that every team we’re going to play, they’re going to fight for their lives.”

Although having now reached its conclusion, the point streak did wonders for the Black and Gold. As well as creating separation from the rest of the Atlantic Division, the streak closed the gap on the division-leading Tampa Bay Lightning. The B’s trail the Bolts by five points with two games in hand.

Additionally, the streak instilled some much-needed confidence in a young Bruins squad.

“It was something special. I think it’s been a lot of fun, and we got to keep that going,” forward Patrice Bergeron said. “It’s one game, and we got to realize that one of the things we did in that streak was to stay focused and keep pushing each other and be our best every night, and go back to that.”

Starting a new win streak may be a bit more difficult after Tuesday’s contest. Anders Bjork left the game early in the first period with an upper-body injury and David Backes did not return after taking a late hit up high from Nick Ritchie in the third period.

Already without Brad Marchand due to suspension, and plagued by injuries to Charlie McAvoy and Noel Accari, the Bruins’ depth is about to face another challenging test.

“Bjork is upper body. Backes I have nothing,” Cassidy said about the injury situation. “I went in there, [and] right now, I think he’s fine. But I don’t know. Bjork [is] definitely upper body, and he’ll miss some time. I don’t know how much.”

The Bruins faced some adversity in the early stages of the season due to similar injury problems. Now, with injuries back to haunt them and their point streak halted, Cassidy and company hope to bounce back after their first regulation loss since Dec. 14.