SB Nation Boston - Rangers 4, Bruins 3: New York Defeats B's, Clinches Season Serieshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48863/boston-fave.png2012-03-04T15:22:27-05:00http://boston.sbnation.com/rss/stream/26077282012-03-04T15:22:27-05:002012-03-04T15:22:27-05:00Bruins Vs. Rangers Final Score: Depleted Bruins Fall 4-3 In New York
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<p class="MsoNormal">After a strong burst of energy to begin the third and final frame, the <a href="https://www.blueshirtbanter.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Rangers</a> would regain the lead at the 3:14 mark when <span>Marian Gaborik</span> stuffed it into a yawning goal after Thomas had made a stop on the other side of the net mouth. It would be the 32<sup>nd</sup> tally of the campaign for the Slovakian born winger who continues to light up the score sheet for the first place Rangers.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Bruins</a> would come right back midway through the third when some slick puck movement from the top line would result in <span>David Krejci</span>’s 17<sup>th</sup> goal of the season. Unfortunately, only 0:39 seconds later, the Blueshirts would answer when <span>Derek Stepan</span> snapped one over the glove of Thomas to give New York a 4-3 lead with less than eight minutes left to play. Whilst Thomas held his own for the better part of Sunday’s contest, Stepan’s go-ahead tally is simply one that the former Vezina winner cannot let get past him less than a minute after his team tied the score.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Boston would pull Thomas and apply a fair amount of pressure on Lundqvist as the time ticked off the clock, but they would just run out of time as the Rangers held on for their third win in as many tries against the B’s this season.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The injury-riddled Bruins fought hard this afternoon against one of the best teams in the entire NHL, but in the end, the Rangers simply proved themselves the better team.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">These two squads will meet up once more this season, on April 1, right back at Madison Square Garden.</p>
https://boston.sbnation.com/boston-bruins/2012/3/4/2844568/final-depleted-bruins-fall-4-3-in-new-yorkBenjamin Woodward2012-03-04T14:25:59-05:002012-03-04T14:25:59-05:00Bruins Score Update: B's Dominate Second, Even Score 2-2
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<p class="MsoNormal">The B’s got out to a much hotter start in the second frame, controlling play from the opening puck drop. At the 1:40 mark, it was Caron who would blast a slapshot past <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.blueshirtbanter.com/">Rangers</a>’ goaltender <span>Henrik Lundqvist</span> to even the score at two.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Boston would continue to out-work the Rangers throughout the balance of the second period, outshooting New York by a 10-3 margin. Unfortunately for the Black and Gold, Henrik Lundqvist stood tall in the Rangers’ goal and did not allow the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/">Bruins</a> to take a lead into the second intermission.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Head Coach Claude Julien is once again looking brilliant for the timing of his timeout, as ever since, the Bruins have dominated play in the Big Apple.</p>
https://boston.sbnation.com/boston-bruins/2012/3/4/2844470/bruins-score-update-bs-dominate-second-even-score-2-2Benjamin Woodward2012-03-04T14:14:07-05:002012-03-04T14:14:07-05:00Bruins Score Update: Rangers Hold 2-1 Advantage After First
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sunday afternoon the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/">Boston Bruins</a> (or what’s left of them) walked (or limped) into Madison Square Garden for a date with the number one team in the Eastern Conference. A Boston squad missing a full quarter of it’s regulars took on a tough <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.blueshirtbanter.com/">Rangers</a> squad in hopes or turning around their recent two-month-long slump.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It didn’t look good for Boston in the first as the Blueshirts tallied two quick goals in the first 6:15 of the game. First it was low-scoring defenseman <span>Anton Stralman</span> whose wrist shot found it’s way through a screen and past Boston goaltender <span>Tim Thomas</span>. A mere seventy seconds later the Rangers would add to their lead when <span>Carl Hagelin</span> redirected a centering pass into the Bruins’ net.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seeing his team go down two goals in such a pivotal contest, Boston bench boss Claude Julien opted to take his timeout immediately after the second New York tally. The move would pay immediate divends for a B’s squad that would account for the next six shots on goal, including <span>Benoit Pouliot</span>’s 10<sup>th</sup> mark of the season after some tough forechecking from <span>Jordan Caron</span>. Three fights and a busted glass panel later, these two Eastern Conference behemoths went to the rooms with New York ahead 2-1.</p>
https://boston.sbnation.com/boston-bruins/2012/3/4/2844450/bruins-score-update-rangers-hold-2-1-advantage-after-firstBenjamin Woodward2012-03-04T11:53:11-05:002012-03-04T11:53:11-05:00Bruins Vs. Rangers Preview: TV/Radio Info, Time, Location And More
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<p><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Event: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/">Boston Bruins</a> vs. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.blueshirtbanter.com/">New York Rangers</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Date/Time: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 12:30 p.m. EST.</span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Location: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Madison Square Garden (Capacity: 18,200), New York, N.Y.</span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Broadcast Info: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunday’s game between the Bruins and the Rangers will be broadcast live on NBC, TSN2, and RDSI. The game can also be heard on 98.5 The Sports Hub, with Dave Goucher providing play-by-play, and Bob Beers providing analysis.</span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Last Time Out: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Bruins showed some promise after starting the month off right with a win against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.allaboutthejersey.com/">New Jersey Devils</a>, but it went back to their earlier trends and took a 3-2 loss to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lighthousehockey.com/">Islanders</a>--third worst in the Eastern Conference.</span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Once again injuries and the second period plagued the team, losing both <span>Tuukka Rask</span> and <span>Daniel Paille</span> in the same game. Rask went down in the middle of the second frame after attempting to save a redirected shot and falling to the ice in obvious pain. He had to be helped off the ice and could miss a significant part of the rest of the season depending on the exact injury.</span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Put him alongside Daniel Paille (also injured yesterday), <span>Andrew Ference</span>, <span>Nathan Horton</span> and <span>Rich Peverley</span> and you have a Bruins team that’s hurting for players right now.</span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Once again <span>Tyler Seguin</span> and <span>Milan Lucic</span> provided the spark for the team and each scored a goal in the losing effort.</span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Rangers also didn’t have much luck in their last game, taking a 4-3 OT loss to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.rawcharge.com/">Tampa Bay Lightning</a> on Friday. They scored in each of the three periods, but couldn’t convert it in the extra frame to take the two points. </span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span>Henrik Lundqvist</span> suffered just his 12th loss this season.</span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Storyline: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Rangers have had enormous success against the Bruins this year and currently are unbeaten in the two games they’ve played against each other this year.</span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In those two games, the Bruins have given up three goals each time, and they have been blanked at home in their most recent bout on Valentine’s Day.</span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">With Rask out, it’s no surprise who will be in net this afternoon, and Tim Thomas has stated that he will just continue to go out there and try to do his job. He will once again be staring Lundqvist down on the other end of the ice and will try and boost his team’s morale and get two points closer to the top of the conference.</span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Players To Watch: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Bruins new top line of Lucic, Seguin and <span>David Krejci</span> has continued to improve and has been showing a lot of promise in the past couple of games. </span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Marian Gaborik has two goals and one assist in the two games against the B’s, including a power play goal in overtime with four seconds to go back in January.</span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Prediction:</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The B’s are hurting right now and they are fighting against a team that is top in the conference for a reason. With even more injuries, it’s tough to see them come out of this one with a win. </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Final Score: Rangers 4, Bruins 2.</span></p>
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https://boston.sbnation.com/boston-bruins/2012/3/4/2844117/bruins-vs-rangers-2012-preview-tv-radio-info-time-tuukka-rask-nhl-newsBiz Jacobs2012-03-04T06:15:25-05:002012-03-04T06:15:25-05:00Bruins vs. Rangers: B's Hope To Fight Back Against New York
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<p>Three more injuries strike the Bruins, including Andrew Ference and Tuukka Rask who will not join the Bruins on their two-game road trip, including this afternoon against the Rangers. Daniel Paille is questionable.</p> <p>Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli mentioned last Monday that picking up two defenseman at the trade deadline was huge because "defensemen tend to drop like flies."</p>
<p>However, there was no way he would have thought Saturday could have ended the way it did.</p>
<p>The Bruins fell to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lighthousehockey.com/">New York Islanders</a>--a team they had previously outscored 12-2 in their last two meetings--3-2 in Boston.</p>
<p>But they lost more than just the game.</p>
<p>Bruins did lose a defenseman, <span>Andrew Ference</span> to a lower body, and he will not be traveling with the team as they enter into a two-game road trip to visit the Rangers today and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/">Maple Leafs</a> on Tuesday.</p>
<p>That's okay. Chiarelli accounted for that.</p>
<p>What he couldn't have predicted was that goaltender <span>Tuukka Rask</span> would go down to the ice in a heap after what looked like a routine save attempt. After starting into his usual butterfly save, he twitched slightly and immediately called trainers over, throwing his glove off in the process. He was helped off the ice, but has no time table for his return, leaving with a "left leg injury."</p>
<p>That's not good news for the team that plays their remaining 19 games in 34 days.</p>
<p>One of those games happens to be this afternoon against the New York Rangers--the top team in the Conference, holding a ten point lead over the Bruins.</p>
<p>"We’re fine, we’re definitely fine," Bruins defenseman <span>Johnny Boychuk</span> said after last night's game. "Once we get those goals, nobody will be saying anything about how you are going to get two wins in a row – it’s [you’re] a contender again and we are. I feel everybody is confident in this room that we can do it again."</p>
<p>The puck drops at 12:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on NBC, TSN2, and RDSIand aired on 98.5 The Sports Hub.</p>
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