Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, February 26, 2021 · Madison Square Garden
NHLN · SN · TVAS · NESN
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 on Friday, February 26, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Bruins 34-33.
Goals came from Phillip Di Giuseppe, Ryan Strome, Patrice Bergeron, Colin Blackwell, Chris Kreider, Pavel Buchnevich, Jonny Brodzinski and Brad Marchand.
Alexandar Georgiev made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 28 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Phillip Di Giuseppe (1)Julien Gauthier (1), Ryan Lindgren (6)0–113:16 NYR
2nd period
Ryan Strome (6)Alexis Lafrenière (1), Chris Kreider (2)0–202:32 NYR
Patrice Bergeron (8)David Pastrnak (6), Brad Marchand (12)1–204:02 BOS
Colin Blackwell (4)Adam Fox (8), Ryan Strome (6)1–318:52 NYR · PPG
Chris Kreider (9)Ryan Strome (7)1–419:04 NYR
3rd period
Pavel Buchnevich (5)Adam Fox (9), Ryan Lindgren (7)1–501:45 NYR
Jonny Brodzinski (1)Kevin Rooney (2), Brendan Smith (2)1–603:43 NYR
Brad Marchand (10)David Pastrnak (7), Jakub Zboril (4)2–607:51 BOS
Team stats
BOSNYR
33Shots on goal34
49%Faceoff %51%
0/3Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes8
28Hits32
12Blocked shots14
11Giveaways4
2Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 15:27
K'Andre Miller · holding2 min - 2nd 00:06Kevin Rooney · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 06:54
Brad Marchand · roughing2 min - 2nd 11:23Brendan Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:19Brad Marchand · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 18:42Nick Ritchie · tripping2 min
- 2nd 19:51Jack Johnson · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 19:51Trent Frederic · slashing2 min
- 3rd 15:59Jakub Zboril · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 63Brad MarchandC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15:39 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:40 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14:55 |
| 67Jakub ZborilD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:31 |
| 10Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:52 |
| 11Trent FredericC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 |
| 12Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:43 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:00 |
| 21Nick RitchieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:10 |
| 23Jack StudnickaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:35 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:46 |
| 27John MooreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:55 |
| 58Urho VaakanainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:03 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | L | 34 | 28 | 6 | .824 | 60:00 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| 16Ryan StromeC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 16:12 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:19 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 21:41 |
| 55Ryan LindgrenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 17:49 |
| 12Julien GauthierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:24 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 17Kevin RooneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:05 |
| 33Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:03 |
| 43Colin BlackwellC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:05 |
| 76Jonny BrodzinskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:29 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 14:16 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:22 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:50 |
| 48Brendan LemieuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:37 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:00 |
| 25Libor HajekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 27Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:14 |
| 79K'Andre MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Igor ShesterkinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | W | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 60:00 |