Rangers beat Bruins in overtime 3-2

Boston Bruins Game 30: New York Rangers @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on December 16, 2017.

On Saturday the Bruins hosted the New York Rangers and while they were able to come back and tie it up in the third period, the Rangers beat the Bruins in overtime 3-2.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 14:42, Rangers Michael Grabner scored, giving the Rangers a 1-0 lead.

In the second period, at 2:41, Rangers J.T. Miller scored a power-play goal, giving the Rangers a 2-0 lead. At 17:12, Bruins Danton Heinen scored his 7th goal of the season, cutting the Rangers lead to 2-1.

In the third period, at 5:38, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 13th goal of the season, a power-play goal, tying the game 2-2.

In overtime, Rangers Mats Zuccarello scored a power-play goal, winning the game 3-2 for the Rangers.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 25 saves on 28 shots. Rask is now 8-8-3 with a 2.44 GAA and a .913 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 62% faceoff percentage and in shots 35-28. The Rangers led the game in hits 24-19 and blocked shots 16-6. The Bruins went 1-for-7 on the power-play while the Rangers went 2-for-5.

Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 9 shots. Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 4 hits. Brandon Carlo led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots.

Anders Bjork, Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Rangers forward Mats Zuccarello
2) Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist
3) Bruins forward Brad Marchand

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 15-10-5 with 35 points this season and are in 3rd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 6-3-1 in their last ten games and their home record is now 9-5-3 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Monday, when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets, at 7pm ET.