In New York, despite a decent effort from the Rangers, the Boston Bruins skated off with a 3-1 win on Thursday night.
Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves in the Bruins win.
“He’s been fantastic, and he just keeps getting better and better,” Boston coach Jim Montgomery said. “What I like was how he was reading everything and he made really hard saves look pretty easy.”
The Bruins improved to 36-5-4.
Boston for goals in each period with Pavel Zacha, Patrice Bergeron, and Connor Clifton contributing the goals.
“In every position everyone is contributing,” Bergeron said. “We trust everyone. Everyone is playing up to their abilities and capabilities, and I think it shows. The four lines are able to get over the boards. We’re managing ice time. We trust everyone, and it makes a difference.”
The Rangers dropped to 25-14-7.
“We made a lot of good plays and we probably should have had three or four goals tonight,” New York coach Gerard Gallant said. “You’ve got to give Swayman some credit. I wasn’t disappointed with our chances, I was disappointed with our chances against. That’s what disappointed me tonight.”
Clifton scored 28 seconds into the third period to take the Rangers out of the game.
“That one early in the third took a little wind out of our sails,” New York captain Jacob Trouba said. “We kind of got going again at the end, but it’s just not enough.”
Ben Harpur was the lone striker for New York, his goal came late in the third to avoid the shutout.
“We’ve seen what the best is,” Rangers forward Barclay Goodrow said. “It’s up to us to continue to build our game and get it up to their level.”
Igor Shesterkin made 24 saves in the loss.
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