There are few teams softer and more pliant than the New York Rangers. In fact, there 
are no teams softer than this club. Name an NHL franchise with a similar or worse record, and we can show you a team with more emotion and more spine than this pathetic excuse for an NHL squad.
On Thursday night night, in Boston, the Bruins scored twice in the first and second periods on their way to an easy, 4-0, win over the Rangers.
Jaroslav Halak made 27 saves, all of them easy, to get the win.
“He’s trying to take advantage of the situation in front of him and pick up the team,” Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “He knows we’ve been a pretty good defensive team all year in front of either goaltender. I think he recognizes that. Tonight, we had our moments where we’ve been better, other moments where I thought we were good.
“Gave him some run support, which we haven’t done a lot for our goalies lately, so I think that helps any goalie knowing that there’s some goals on the board. … So I liked his game obviously, thought he was excellent and we need it every night, but I’ve also come to expect him to be very good for us.”
David Pastrnak gave the Bruins all the offense they would with a 1-0 lead early in the first frame.
Patrice Bergeron added a second goal, shorthanded, in the first period for a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes.
“The shorthanded goal was just a backbreaker in a lot of ways,” Rangers coach David Quinn said. “You can kind of sense it, they got goals on their chances and we didn’t. I thought we had more chances early in the game where we could have gone up 1-0 and we didn’t. They make it 1-0. We kept playing, drew a penalty, and again that shorthanded goal really was way too easy. Our power play obviously has to be fixed.”
David Krejci scored to make it 3-0 with his first goal of the season.
“Obviously it feels good,” Krejci said. “That’s all I’ve got.”
Jake DeBrusk finished the scoring in the game when he made it 4-0 at 4:52 of the second period.
Alexandar Georgiev got the start and was mercifully given the hook after surrendering all four Bruins goals.He made just 10 saves.
“I don’t think it spiraled out of control on us,” the Rangers’ Jacob Trouba said. “Obviously, we had some breakdowns that led to more goals, but I don’t think our effort totally fell off a cliff. It’s not easy to play in those situations when you’re down big, but that’s where you’ve got to try to build confidence and build what we’re building to here. Hopefully come out next game and try not to get down four.”
What game was he playing in?
Keith Kinkaid made 13 saves through nearly 35 minutes of play.
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