Bruins pound Rangers 6-1

Boston Bruins Game 52: Boston Bruins @ New York Rangers game recap video, on February 7, 2018.

On Wednesday, with Bruins Brad Marchand returning to the Bruins lineup to take on the New York Rangers, the Bruins didn't really need Marchand's offense as the Bruins offense exploded for six goals, beating the Rangers 6-1 (Marchand recorded one assist in the game). A total of 13 Bruins players recorded at least one point in this game.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 2:42, Bruins Adam McQuaid dropped the gloves with Rangers Cody McLoud and they had an ok even bout. At 5:00, Rangers Rick Nash scored, giving the Rangers a 1-0 lead. At 7:54, Bruins Riley Nash scored his 8th goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. At 16:09, Bruins Zdeno Chara scored his 5th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead.

In the second period, at 3:47, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 23rd goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead. At 7:25, Bruins Tim Schaller scored his 8th goal of the season, an amazing goal, giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead. At 10:00, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 24th goal of the season, a short-handed goal, giving the Bruins a 5-1 lead.

In the third period, at 6:34, Bruins Sean Kuraly scored his 5th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 6-1 lead. At 15:22, Bruins Adam McQuaid and Rangers Cody McLoud dropped the gloves for a second time in this game, after McLoud laid out Bruins Matt Grzelcyk with a good clean check. McQuaid got the better of McLoud in this bout.

Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 21 saves on 22 shots. Khudobin is now 11-3-4 with a 2.28 GAA and a .925 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 34-22 and blocked shots 14-11. The Rangers led the game with a 63% faceoff percentage and hits 22-10. Both teams went 0-for-2 on the power-play.

Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 7 shots.

Noel Acciari, Frank Vatrano, Kevan Miller and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron
2) Bruins captain Zdeno Chara
3) Bruins goalie Anton Khudobin

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 33-11-8 with 74 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division (1 point behind the Lightning). The Bruins are 9-1-0 in their last ten games and their road record is now 15-5-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they host the Buffalo Sabres, at 7pm ET.