Mika Zibanejad and Brett Berard scored within the first interval, and Jonathan Fast made 32 saves because the New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 Thursday night time to snap a four-game dropping streak.
The Rangers gained at house for the primary time since Dec. 6 as Fast was regular instead of injured starter Igor Shesterkin to get his 399th profession victory.
Elias Lindholm scored for Boston, and Jeremy Swayman had 25 saves. The Bruins have misplaced three of 4.
Zibanejad tapped a unfastened puck previous Swayman at 9:48 of the primary for his seventh purpose of the season and second since Nov. 30.
Berard made it 2-0 with 7:07 remaining within the interval together with his third.
Lindholm scored at 7:57 of the second to get the Bruins on the scoreboard.
Takeaways
Rangers: New York improved to 8-9-1 at house this season after going 30-11-0 at Madison Sq. Backyard 12 months.
Bruins: Boston fell to 8-10-2 on the street.
Key momentQuick, who turns 39 on Jan. 21, made successive saves on Boston’s Mark Kastelic, Justin Brazeau and John Beecher about 7 1/2 minutes into the second. He improved to 6-4-0 this season. His earlier win was on Nov. 30.
Key statZibanejad’s purpose was the 301st of his profession and his 700th level. The 31-year-old ahead has 22 factors in 37 video games this season.
Up NextBruins go to Toronto on Saturday and Rangers play at Washington.
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