The Boston Bruins haven't been eliminated from playoff contention, but general manager Peter Chiarelli held a de facto post-mortem Friday.

The Bruins trail the Pittsburgh Penguins by one point for the second Eastern Conference wild-card spot, and the Penguins have a game in hand.

"I'm disappointed we put ourselves in this position," Chiarelli told reporters. "I consider it a failure. It's a failure on everybody's part. But being a failure doesn't mean there needs to a complete overhaul. Guys fail. Teams fail."

Boston has lost two straight after reeling off five consecutive wins. Prior to that, the Bruins lost six consecutive contests.

"Everybody is to blame if I don't get the right players, if the coaching staff doesn't get to the head of players and if players don't perform," Chiarell said.

"There's a will in trying to put the puck through the back of the net, so there's that killer instinct and we haven't had it," he added.

Chiarelli isn't going to speculate about whether he'll be back with the club next season.

“I don’t know, I’m not sure," he said. "I’m operating (as if) I am (staying) until they tell me that I’m not.”

The GM believes the team's problems aren't permanent.

“They’re all fixable. Whether it’s changing the roster or otherwise, they’re all fixable," Chiarelli said. "It’s identifying them, not just on a macro level, but on a micro level. And that’s what we have to do.”

The Bruins play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.

To make the playoffs, Boston needs to win that game and also see either the Penguins get no more than one point in their final two games or have the Ottawa Senators lose their finale to the Philadelphia Flyers in regulation.