Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, March 4, 2012 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Sunday, March 4, 2012 at Madison Square Garden. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 33-17.
Goals came from Ruslan Fedotenko, Carl Hagelin, Benoit Pouliot, Jordan Caron, Marian Gaborik, David Krejci and Derek Stepan.
Henrik Lundqvist made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Tim Thomas stopped 13 of 17.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ruslan Fedotenko (1)Anton Stralman (1), Brian Boyle (1)0–105:05 NYR
Carl Hagelin (1)Brad Richards (1), Dan Girardi (1)0–206:15 NYR
Benoit Pouliot (1)Jordan Caron (1)1–207:57 BOS
2nd period
Jordan Caron (1)Unassisted2–201:40 BOS
3rd period
Marian Gaborik (1)Brad Richards (2), Michael Del Zotto (1)2–303:14 NYR
David Krejci (1)Milan Lucic (1), Tyler Seguin (1)3–311:42 BOS
Derek Stepan (1)Michael Del Zotto (2), Stu Bickel (1)3–412:21 NYR
Team stats
BOSNYR
33Shots on goal17
49%Faceoff %51%
0/3Power play0/1
19Penalty minutes21
15Hits33
11Blocked shots15
7Giveaways10
4Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 02:30
Lane MacDermid · fighting5 min - 1st 02:30
Mike Rupp · fighting5 min - 1st 02:46Zdeno Chara · high sticking2 min
- 1st 07:59Brandon Prust · fighting5 min
- 1st 07:59Milan Lucic · fighting5 min
- 1st 15:38Stu Bickel · fighting5 min
- 1st 15:38Gregory Campbell · fighting5 min
- 1st 15:49Mike Rupp · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:39Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 13:45Stu Bickel · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 20:00Milan Lucic · roughing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 38Jordan CaronR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:31 |
| 19Tyler SeguinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:51 |
| 46David KrejciC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:02 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 10:01 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:49 |
| 23Chris KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:35 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:00 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 22:27 |
| 64Lane MacDermidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:26 |
| 6Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 14Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:41 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:37 |
| 44Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:17 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:08 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | L | 17 | 13 | 4 | .765 | 58:55 |
| 70Michael HutchinsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| 19Brad RichardsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:12 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 20:26 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:33 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:09 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 21:56 |
| 32Anton StralmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:08 |
| 41Stu BickelD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:28 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:16 |
| 28John ScottL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:02 |
| 34John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:59 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:18 |
| 71Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:03 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 24:28 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 60:00 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |