If you think it’s getting monotonous reading about the Bruins’ inability to score goals, imagine how much fun it must be for the guys on the ice.

The Bruins again played a fairly strong all-around game against Toronto last night at the Garden, but came up almost empty against B’s-killer Freddie Andersen, who is 6-0-0 against them after turning aside 32 shots in a 4-1 win for the Maple Leafs.

With losses in their last three, one at least coming in overtime, the Bruins now face three reasonable Stanley Cup picks this week: At Montreal and Pittsburgh, then home vs. Anaheim.

Meanwhile, the Bruins could soon slide out of a playoff position in the Eastern Conference standings.

“It is frustrating, especially when you have a good game and the score ends up being 4-1,” said Brad Marchand, who tapped in his own rebound in the second period to make it 2-1 and get the B’s as close as they would get. “It is frustrating to know that we had a lot of opportunities — we had a lot of good opportunities that could have changed the game around, but we didn’t. So we’re going to have to find a way collectively to be better and score more goals.”

The goal had to be a relief for Marchand, who was the club’s leading goal scorer with 37 last season, but had just two in the previous 16 games. But the B’s have plenty of guys who aren’t scoring — just about everyone other than David Pastrnak. That includes, prominently, Patrice Bergeron, who potted 32 goals last season but has all of four (on 87 shots) this season.

“I have high expectations for myself,” he said. “I don’t think I need to tell you that I know (I am struggling). I’m well aware of it. The only way to get out of it is to keep believing, keep going at and find a way.

“There’s lot of chances. The first chances are there, but then we don’t pounce on the second and third opportunities. Goalies are too good in this league if you don’t make it hard in them. A lot of it is that.

“Breaking out (of a slump) is just by keep doing the same things — bearing down and not squeezing the stick when we’re close around the net. I know it’s a cliche. But we’re here for a reason. We have to get some results. Find ways.”

This was the 20th game of 29 in which the Bruins scored two goals or fewer. Tuukka Rask doesn’t need to be reminded; most nights, he gives his mates a chance to win even when they give him little or no chance to.

“It was one of those games again,” said Rask. “Early on in the season a lot of times we’ve won a game because we kept the puck out of our net and we scored one or two goals. (Last night), we fall down by two again and then you’re trying to catch up. You’re really working to try and score goals. We battled. At the end, it wasn’t enough.”

The thing about scoring slumps is that they do, eventually, end. The B’s will start scoring. Bergeron is not going to finish with 12 goals. But it’s frustrating for this team to see good efforts wasted.

“It seems like every game we’re outchancing teams — the chances-for vs. against — but we don’t outscore teams,” said coach Claude Julien. “That’s where the biggest issue is right now. Our scoring is not there. And if you don’t score, you don’t win.”

We’ll see what happens in the coming days. The B’s better find a way, or it could be ugly.