New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 16, 2017 · TD Garden
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Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 35-28.
Goals came from Michael Grabner, J.T. Miller, Danton Heinen, Brad Marchand and Mats Zuccarello.
Henrik Lundqvist made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 25 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Michael Grabner (16)Kevin Hayes (7), Brady Skjei (10)1–014:42 NYR
2nd period
J.T. Miller (6)Ryan McDonagh (18), Brady Skjei (11)2–002:41 NYR · PPG
Danton Heinen (7)Zdeno Chara (6), David Krejci (9)2–117:12 BOS
3rd period
Brad Marchand (13)David Pastrnak (15), Ryan Spooner (4)2–205:38 BOS · PPG
OT period
Mats Zuccarello (8)Kevin Shattenkirk (17), Chris Kreider (9)3–201:56 NYR · PPG
Team stats
NYRBOS
28Shots on goal35
38%Faceoff %62%
2/5Power play1/7
14Penalty minutes10
24Hits19
16Blocked shots6
10Giveaways22
14Takeaways14
Penalties
- 1st 09:52
Pavel Buchnevich · hooking2 min - 1st 18:00
David Backes · hooking2 min - 2nd 02:14David Krejci · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 08:46Kevin Hayes · slashing2 min
- 2nd 12:28Mats Zuccarello · slashing2 min
- 2nd 13:25Ryan Spooner · hooking2 min
- 2nd 15:04David Desharnais · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 19:28J.T. Miller · interference2 min
- 3rd 03:56Brady Skjei · holding2 min
- 3rd 11:20Kevin Shattenkirk · slashing2 min
- 3rd 12:47Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- OT 01:05Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:31 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:44 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20:52 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:56 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26:25 |
| 17Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:31 |
| 24Boo NievesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:00 |
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:50 |
| 28Paul CareyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:10 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:38 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 55Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 61:56 |
| 31Ondrej PavelecG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 43Danton HeinenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:25 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:14 |
| 51Ryan SpoonerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:20 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 23:34 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:09 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24:00 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:53 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:43 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:10 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:01 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:43 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:01 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:05 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Anton KhudobinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | O | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 61:44 |