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Rangers fight back in third, down Bruins in shootout

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The Rangers fought back after three unanswered Bruins goals to send the game into OT and a shootout starring goalies Jaroslav Halak and Alexandar Georgiev.

Well, that was certainly entertaining.

The Boston Bruins appeared to be running away with this one after scoring three quick goals in the second period to establish a 3-1 lead.

But those resilient New York Rangers had a trick up their own sleeve, scoring twice in the third to tie the game 3-3.

Then came overtime, a wild back and forth affair that put both Jaroslav Halak and Alexandar Georgiev on a pedestal — both making some ridiculous saves to send the game to a shootout.

Seven rounds later, the Rangers had a 4-3 win and two big points in the bag thanks to a slick goal by Tony DeAngelo.

The Rangers might be sellers at the trade deadline and the Bruins might be buyers, but none of that mattered on Wednesday Night Hockey on NBCSN.

Despite the gap in the standings, both teams appeared evenly matched.

Mika Zibanejad took advantage of a Bruins team that had played the night before in the first period.

The shifty forward did well to first make sure the puck remained in the Boston zone, then curled to the top of the slot and uncorked a one-timer past Halak.

The Bruins came alive in the second.

Danton Heinen tipped one home, David Pastrnak scored his 31st and then Bergeron made it 3-1 in a wild sequence for the 1,000-game man.

He took his second penalty of the night, which the Bruins were able to kill off. When he emerged from the box, he was sprung on a partial break that turned into an odd-man rush, where he drew a penalty. On the ensuing power play, he taps home his 19th of the season.

The third brought a Blueshirt resurgence.

Kevin Hayes pulled the Rangers to 3-2 and three minutes later, Filip Chytil notched his 10th of the season to tie the game.

The Rangers are now seven points back of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Meanwhile, the Bruins leapfrogged the Montreal Canadiens to move into third place in the Atlantic, with both teams level on 66 points.

Via the NHL:


  • This marked the 27th time in 2018-19 a team has rallied from a multi-goal deficit in the third period to win in any fashion – tied for the eighth highest total through 822 games of a season in NHL history and the highest such total since 2014-15 (29 in 822 GP).
  • In 2018-19, there have been 102 instances of a team rallying from a multi-goal deficit at any point to win. Only two other NHL campaigns have seen as many such comebacks through 822 games: 1985-86 (117) and 1987-88 (102).

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Scott Billeck is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @scottbilleck