In New York, if the Rangers get any younger, or less experience, they will need chaperones and have their gloves tied together with strings so they don’t lose them like mittens.
Ryan Strome had a goal and three points for the New York Rangers
Despite their youth, lack of serious NHL experience and their stars, the Rangers managed a 6-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Friday night, in front of real life fans.
“I really liked an awful lot about our game tonight,” New York head coach David Quinn said. “I thought we were ready to play from the drop of the puck. I thought we had all four lines going. I thought our D corps played well and our goalie played well. So it was truly a team effort.”
Alexandar Georgiev made 31 saves to get the win.
The Rangers are 3-1-0 in their last four games.
Boston got as close as 2-1 off a goal from Patrice Bergeron in the middle frame.
Brad Marchand scored in the third period after the end result of the game was a foregone conclusion.
“It’s just too many turnovers, too much reckless play,” Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “So we’ve got to do a better job coaching them up. No doubt. That’s on us. By the same token, once they get on the ice, they have to recognize how they can help us win games. So that’s the one thing we’ve got to correct.”
Boston lost, 7-2, to the New York Islanders on Thursday night.
Phillip Di Giuseppe scored in first period for a 1-0 Rangers lead, and Ryan Strome scored in the second period, the fist of three goals in the period by New York, for a 2-0 lead.
“We definitely got a bit of a spark, there’s no doubt,” Strome said. “Standing there during the national anthem I had some goose bumps and some energy that I haven’t felt in a long time.”
Colin Blackwell and Chris Kreider closed out the middle frame with two late goals to push the Rangers advantage to 4-1, the goals came 12 seconds apart. Adam Fox had two assists on the night, both of them the nifty variety.
“You’ve seen earlier in the year our ability to hold those one-goal leads wasn’t great, but to get those two late ones was obviously huge,” Fox said. “You definitely feel a lot more comfortable coming out for the third with a three-goal lead as opposed to a one goal lead. It was definitely good for us, and we obviously came out strong and got some goals quickly [in the third].”
The Rangers improved to 7-8-3.
Pavel Buchnevich and Jonny Brodzinski added to Boston’s misery with two early goals in the third period for a 6-1 lead.
“It was a good night,” Quinn said. “That being said, we don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves. We know what we’re in store for on Sunday afternoon. We’re going to enjoy this for tonight, but we’ve got to get back at it and be ready to go on Sunday.”
Marchand stopped the insanity with a goal in the third to make the final, 6-2.
“This doesn’t happen here and it can’t go on any further than this,” the Bruins’ Brandon Carlo said. “There’s been times in my first couple years where we’ve had one game like that, but we’ve always bounced back. So this is definitely unacceptable.”
Boston dropped to 11-5-2.
Tuukka Rask made 28 saves in the loss.
“A little disappointed we weren’t stiffer coming out of the break,” Cassidy said. “Certainly shouldn’t be tired. But it’s a little bit of a mental battle. … Easy goals. Just too easy and guys not recognizing that you’ve still got to play the right way.”
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