Can you remember back to Friday night? That was the night the New York Rangers played an exceptional game against the Boston Bruins.
Slick passing, good defense amd supportive goaltending.
Good times.
All that crashed into insignificance on Sunday afternoon in a colossal 4-1 win by the Bruins over a lazy and listless Rangers squad.
At this point it is laughable that leadership at the top of the Rangers organization permits this show to go on, on Broadway.
Charlie Coyle scored the first and last goal, the being a shorthanded insult, the win.
“That’s Bruins hockey for us,” Coyle said. “We’re a hard team to play against. We’re going to get the result more times than not (when) we play that way.”
Trent Frederic extended the Boston lead to 2-0 after Coyle opened the scoring.
“When you start losing a little bit and it gets a little uncomfortable, teams can go different directions,” Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “I’ve always found that this team when there’s a little bit of adversity will come together and not split apart.”
Tuukka Rask made 20 saves in the win.
“It helps to get a goal from Frederic like going to the net where you get the tip go your way,” Cassidy said. “On the power play right before that Charlie [McAvoy] hits the post. Rebound sitting there, we take a couple whacks at it and it looks like it was going to be one of those days again, where we couldn’t quite find the back of the net. But we got one.”
Colin Blackwell scored the only goal for the Rangers as a lipstick marker in otherwise pig of a game for the Rangers.
“You’ve got to tip your hat to how they played, but I don’t think we got inside enough, made enough plays,” the Rangers’ Brendan Smith said. “We didn’t have enough offensive scoring opportunities. A lot of times when teams are, I guess, against the gun, they’re going to put their best foot forward. We have to be grittier and get to those tough areas. It’s hard to get there but that’s how you create offense. We didn’t do enough of that.”
Perhaps looking at your own team’s lack of a game would be far more informative? Well, maybe not.
Charlie McAvoy also scored for the Bruins, who snapped a two-game slide.
“I thought from the first shift on until essentially the last shift, it was we’re going to play the same way no matter who rolls over the boards,” Cassidy said. “And that’s what I loved about our game today is that was our identity. We’re going to play behind you. We’re going to make plays off the rush. We’re going to be hard. We’re going to be physical. We’re going to protect the front of our net, go in front of their net.”
Alexander Georgiev got the start and made 31 saves in the loss.
“I tried to be in the game as usual,” he said. “I need to watch the video, but it seemed like a good move by the other guy. Definitely wish I could have had that one.”
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