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2020-21 regular season

Rangers at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 5–3

Rangers beat Bruins 5–4 at TD Garden on May 8, 2021.

NYR – BOS
23–39
Shots on goal
0/1–1/3
Power play
17–16
Hits
19–4
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Pavel Buchnevich
3 A
4 shots · 20:47 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Mika Zibanejad
2 G
6 shots · 19:21 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Ryan Strome
2 A
17:27 TOI

Scoring

9 goals · in order
2nd period
🗽 K'Andre Miller Go-ahead 2nd · 06:21
Assists: Justin Richards, Filip Chytil · beat Tuukka Rask
1–0
🐻 Nick Ritchie Tying 2nd · 18:12
Assists: Jake DeBrusk, Charlie McAvoy · beat Keith Kinkaid
1–1
3rd period
🐻 David Pastrnak Go-ahead 3rd · 00:21
Assists: Brad Marchand · beat Keith Kinkaid
1–2
🗽 Mika Zibanejad Tying 3rd · 05:22
Assists: Pavel Buchnevich, Ryan Strome · beat Tuukka Rask
2–2
🗽 Alexis Lafrenière Go-ahead 3rd · 07:26
Assists: Anthony Bitetto, Pavel Buchnevich · beat Tuukka Rask
3–2
🗽 Vitali Kravtsov 3rd · 09:36
Assists: Ryan Strome, Zac Jones · beat Tuukka Rask
4–2
🐻 Brad Marchand PP 3rd · 14:08
Assists: David Krejci · beat Igor Shesterkin
4–3
🗽 Mika Zibanejad 3rd · 18:07
Assists: Pavel Buchnevich · beat Tuukka Rask
5–3
🐻 Patrice Bergeron 3rd · 18:39
Assists: Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie McAvoy · beat Igor Shesterkin
5–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Buchnevich · Zibanejad · Blackwell 19:21
L2 Lafrenière · Strome · Kravtsov 16:47
L3 Di Giuseppe · Rooney · Barron 12:50
L4 Gettinger · Chytil · Richards 10:11
D1 Fox · Miller 23:42
D2 Hajek · Bitetto 18:14
D3 Jones · Reunanen 17:02
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Hall · Krejci 19:06
L2 Bergeron · Smith · Pastrnak 18:07
L3 DeBrusk · Ritchie · Kuraly 13:49
L4 Lazar · Frederic · Kuhlman 9:41
D1 McAvoy · Reilly 22:00
D2 Grzelcyk · Carlo 19:26
D3 Miller · Lauzon 15:30

Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR BOS🐻
23 Shots on goal 39
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
17 Hits 16
19 Blocked shots 4
14 Takeaways 14
14 Giveaways 9
6 Penalty minutes 2
NYR shooting 21.7% (5/23) BOS shooting 10.3% (4/39)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Keith Kinkaid
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 48:50 TOI
Igor Shesterkin
7/9
.778 SV% · 2 GA · 11:10 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tuukka Rask
18/23
.783 SV% · 5 GA · 58:47 TOI

Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
K'Andre Miller · 2nd 06:21 · 1–0 Nick Ritchie · 2nd 18:12 · 1–1 David Pastrnak · 3rd 00:21 · 1–2 Mika Zibanejad · 3rd 05:22 · 2–2 Alexis Lafrenière · 3rd 07:26 · 3–2 Vitali Kravtsov · 3rd 09:36 · 4–2 Brad Marchand · 3rd 14:08 · 4–3 Mika Zibanejad · 3rd 18:07 · 5–3 Patrice Bergeron · 3rd 18:39 · 5–4
NYR BOS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 4-6-1 (36% win rate, 11 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 8-6-2 (50% win rate, 16 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 4-5-3 (33% win rate, 12 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 5-6-3 (36% win rate, 14 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 5–3
May 62021 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 0–4 Mar 132021 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 4–0 Mar 112021 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 0–4 Feb 282021 🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR 4–1 Feb 262021 🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR 2–6
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Who won Rangers vs Bruins on May 8, 2021?

Rangers won 5–4. The final score was Rangers 5, Bruins 4.

Who scored for Rangers?

Mika Zibanejad (2), Alexis Lafrenière, K'Andre Miller, Vitali Kravtsov.

Who scored for Bruins?

Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak, Nick Ritchie, Patrice Bergeron.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Keith Kinkaid made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tuukka Rask made 18 saves on 23 shots (.783 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 5–3 after 8 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🗽 Rangers
BeforeMay 6 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 0–4 AfterOct 13 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 1–5
🐻 Bruins
BeforeMay 6 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 0–4 AfterMay 10 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 2–3
Also on May 8
⚔️BUF 0–1 🐧PIT 😈NJD 1–5 🏝️NYI 🔔PHI 1–2 🦅WSH ⚡TBL 1–5 🐆FLA 🐙DET 4–5 🧥CBJ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 🍁TOR 🏛️OTT 4–2 ✈️WPG 🌪️CAR 1–3 🐯NSH
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