In Boston, the New York Rangers’ Igor Shesterkin made 34 saves in a 5-2 win over the Bruins on Friday afternoon.
Artemi Panarin snapped a 2-2 tie in the third period to help send the Rangers to the win.
New York improved to 13-4-3.
Ryan Strome hit for a goal and two points in the Rangers win.
“I thought we played a pretty good game,” Strome said. “I thought we got better as the game went on, and I think those are [a] well-deserved two points. … I think we’ve done a great job of sticking to our structure and trusting each other. … I just thought we worked really hard.”
New York was outshot in the first period, 16-5, but came out of the period tied, 1-1.
Strome potted his marker with just under six seconds left in the opening frame.
Craig Smith and Patrice Bergeron were the Boston strikers.
“It was a pretty back-and-forth game. … We didn’t play winning hockey for whatever reason,” Boston head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “As a group, we have to do a better job of that, understanding where you are in the game. … That’s when we get away from our identity, when we start having those breakdowns that are, to me, pretty straightforward.”
The Bruins dropped to 10-7-0.
“That was a huge goal for Strome at the end of the period there, so that was big for our team,” Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant said. “After that I thought we played real good hockey. We had a little bit of a slow start in the second, but after the first three or four shifts I thought we played great the rest of the way.”
New York’s Dryden Hunt scored in the second period to make the score, 2-2.
Panarin scored in the third to give the Rangers lead; Alexis Lafreniere potted his fifth of the season for a 4-2 lead.
“I thought after the second period we said that the last 10 minutes of the second were really good and let’s just keep playing like that,” Strome said. “I just thought we worked really hard. … Good results.”
Jacob Trouba wristed a shot from below the Rangers goal line into an empty net for the 5-2 final.
The only way the goal could have had any more distance was from the first row of seats behind the goal.
Jeremy Swayman made 26 saves in the Bruins loss.
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