Boston Bruins @ New York Rangers game recap video, on November 8, 2017.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 9:53, Rangers Pavel Buchnevich scored, giving the Rangers a 1-0 lead. At 10:14, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 9th goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. At 14:41, Rangers Jimmy Vesey scored, giving the Rangers a 2-1 lead. At 15:10, Rangers Jimmy Vesey scored again, giving the Rangers a 3-1 lead.
In the second period, no scoring happened.
In the third period, at 6:44, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 3rd goal of the season, cutting the Rangers lead to 3-2. At 19:52, Rangers Rick Nash scored an empty-net goal, giving the Rangers a 4-2 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 29 saves on 32 shots. Rask is now 3-5-2 with a 2.76 GAA and a .903 save percentage this season.
The Rangers led the game with hits 23-15 and blocked shots 21-13. Both teams had a 50% faceoff percentage and 33 shots each. The Bruins went 0-for-4 on the power-play while the Rangers went 0-for-1.
Jordan Szwarz, Danton Heinen and Tim Schaller all led the Bruins with 4 shots each. Sean Kuraly and Charlie McAvoy led the Bruins with 3 hits each. Torey Krug and Charlie McAvoy led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots each.
Brad Marchand (lower-body injury) and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins. David Krejci, David Backes, Ryan Spooner and Noel Acciari are on the IR.
Three stars of the game
1) Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist
2) Rangers forward Jimmy Vesey
3) Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 6-5-3 with 15 points this season and are in 5th place in the Atlantic division. The next game for the Bruins is on Friday, when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs, at 7pm ET.
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