Rangers quit on Lundqvist, fall to Boston after embarrassing third period

David Pastrnak scored the first two goals for the Bruins, then added the dagger for the hat trick late in the third as the Bruins topped the Rangers 6-2 in Boston. Henrik Lundqvist was largely left hanging out to dry on this one, with three goals against as the result of slot line passes. The Bruins owned this game, and luckily for the Rangers, there’s only six games left in the season.

There were very few Rangers that had good games in this one. Hank made some magnificent saves, but stopping three slot line passes from two feet out is an impossible task. Ryan Strome had two points. Brendan Lemieux jawed at Zdeno Chara, which was fun. That’s about it. This was a lot worse than the Monday game against PIttsburgh. Makes sense, since Boston is significantly better.

Bruins 1, Rangers 0

This is a good passing play by the Bruins on the powerplay. Sometimes, you just tap your stick and move on. This is one of those times. Hank had no chance.

Rangers 1, Bruins 1

Great pass by Ryan Strome. Great finish by Mika Zibanejad, who had a step on the defender.

Bruins 2, Rangers 1

I’m aware this is an odd man rush, but this is not a good look by Fredrik Claesson here. He’s relatively static here, and isn’t looking around to see where Pastrnak was. David Krejci was able to get the puck across with a very difficult pass because Claesson’s stick wasn’t in the lane.

Bruins 3, Rangers 1

Get to the front of the net, and good things happen. This time Strome was in front to bury the Brady Skjei rebound.

Bruins 3, Rangers 2

Another pretty passing play. Another play where Claesson was a little rough on the coverage.

Bruins 4, Rangers 2

Pastrnak’s hat trick goal is one that Hank probably wants back. Considering he was hung out to dry all night, I’m giving him a pass.

Bruins 5, Rangers 2

So no one decided to challenge Pastrnak with the shot, or Patrice Bergeron with the tip, or the initial centering pass. The team quit here. No chance for Hank.

Bruins 6, Rangers 2

Charlie McAvoy’s shot went off Brett Howden’s skate. No chance for Hank.

*-Couldn’t find gifs of these three, since the Bruins’ account didn’t tweet anything. I was sick and needed to sleep, so I didn’t stay up waiting for them.

Bruins 6, Rangers 3

Mika Zibanejad’s 30th of the year. First 30 goal scorer for the Rangers since Rick Nash.

Shot Heatmap

This is the first time I’ve seen the Rangers quit all year. I guess that’s a good thing, considering how often they quit on Alain Vigneault last year.

Six games left in this disaster of a year.