Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 23, 2016 · Madison Square Garden
NBCSN · SN1
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at Madison Square Garden. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 41-24.
Goals came from Mats Zuccarello, Derek Stepan, Derick Brassard, Lee Stempniak, J.T. Miller, Frank Vatrano and Rick Nash.
Henrik Lundqvist made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Jonas Gustavsson stopped 13 of 15.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mats Zuccarello (24)Keith Yandle (36), Derek Stepan (24)0–108:37 NYR · PPG
Derek Stepan (17)Keith Yandle (37), Henrik Lundqvist (1)0–211:39 NYR · PPG
2nd period
Derick Brassard (26)Kevin Klein (13), Jesper Fast (16)0–305:26 NYR
Lee Stempniak (18)Brad Marchand (21), Patrice Bergeron (34)1–309:34 BOS
3rd period
J.T. Miller (20)Derek Stepan (25), Mats Zuccarello (32)1–406:32 NYR
Frank Vatrano (7)Loui Eriksson (28), Zdeno Chara (25)2–412:06 BOS
Rick Nash (14)Unassisted2–517:07 NYR · EN
Team stats
BOSNYR
41Shots on goal24
63%Faceoff %37%
0/2Power play2/6
17Penalty minutes9
30Hits27
9Blocked shots18
11Giveaways13
7Takeaways14
Penalties
- 1st 03:53
Patrice Bergeron · tripping2 min - 1st 06:35
Tanner Glass · fighting5 min - 1st 06:35Matt Beleskey · fighting5 min
- 1st 07:00Jimmy Hayes · slashing2 min
- 1st 11:23David Krejci · holding2 min
- 2nd 02:03Jimmy Hayes · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 10:01Zdeno Chara · high sticking double minor4 min
- 2nd 12:55Mats Zuccarello · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:47Dan Boyle · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 20Lee StempniakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:13 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:44 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 18:34 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 72Frank VatranoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:02 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:29 |
| 11Jimmy HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:45 |
| 29Landon FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 10:22 |
| 39Matt BeleskeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:53 |
| 51Ryan SpoonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 |
| 26John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:45 |
| 44Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:50 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 8 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 20:00 | |
| 50Jonas GustavssonG | L | 15 | 13 | 2 | .867 | 39:45 |
New York Rangers
| 21Derek StepanC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17:04 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:14 |
| 93Keith YandleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 22:00 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 16Derick BrassardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 19Jesper FastR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 61Rick NashL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:16 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:47 |
| 15Tanner GlassL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:41 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:19 |
| 25Viktor StalbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:52 |
| 28Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:04 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:00 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 41 | 39 | 2 | .951 | 60:00 |
| 32Antti RaantaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |