Wolfpa….Rangers dominated by Bruins in lackluster effort

I think we all knew how this one was going to go. The Rangers were dominated by the Bruins from start to finish. Given the lineup the Rangers dressed, this shouldn’t have been a surprise. The Rangers had half their normal lineup out for the rest of the year. This lineup is what happens when you’re dressing maybe seven established NHLers.

The Rangers went through a season’s worth of drama over the course of the last four days, so them not showing up isn’t a surprise either. You want to see more, but it’s tough to blame them. They are human. They are distracted. There’s nothing else you can go with here. I’m not the kind of guy who is going to get concerned over two meaningless games after what happened this week.

Bruins 1, Rangers 0 – A clinic

The Bruins’ top line put on a clinic against the kids. There’s nothing else you can say about this, it’s just good hockey players taking advantage of rookies. Good learning experience for the kids on what these guys can do.

Bruins 2, Rangers 0 – PK, Rooney Down

This became a 5-on-3 with Kevin Rooney down. Not much else here.

Bruins 3, Rangers 0 – Blue line turnover

You can’t turn the puck over at the blue line. Either one. It leads to chances like this.

Bruins 4, Rangers 0 – Shesty wasn’t sharp

This one is on Igor Shesterkin. There was no video I could find, but it was a sharp angle pass that hit Shesty’s outside skate and went through him.

Shot Heatmap – What you expect

I know it seems like I’m mailing in this goal breakdown. But it’s tough to do a real breakdown when the game was never close and went exactly how we all expected it to go. The shot attempts were exactly how we expected it to go.

Skater Results – Expected, again

I mean, what else did you think was going to be here?

Funny enough, if the Bruins actually tried, it would’ve been 11-0. The Bruins dominated the Rangers from start to finish. I know a lot of people said the Rangers mailed this in, and I probably agreed at points throughout the game, but in my cooler head phases, I don’t necessarily agree. What else do you expect when Jonny Brodzinski is in the top six?

Charts from Natural Stat Trick and Evolving-Hockey.