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2024-25 regular season

Bruins at Rangers

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 1–0

Rangers beat Bruins 2–1 at Madison Square Garden on January 2, 2025.

BOS – NYR
33–27
Shots on goal
18–16
Hits
17–24
Blocked shots
6–7
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Mika Zibanejad
1 G
4 shots · 18:46 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Brett Berard
1 G
1 shots · 10:50 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Jonathan Quick
32 saves
0.970 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Mika Zibanejad Go-ahead 1st · 09:48
Assists: Reilly Smith, Chris Kreider · beat Jeremy Swayman
0–1
🗽 Brett Berard 1st · 12:53
Assists: Filip Chytil · beat Jeremy Swayman
0–2
2nd period
🐻 Elias Lindholm 2nd · 07:57
Assists: David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy · beat Jonathan Quick
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Lindholm · Pastrnak 21:28
L2 Frederic · Zacha · Geekie 16:32
L3 Coyle · Brazeau · Wahlstrom 14:05
L4 Koepke · Kastelic · Beecher 8:34
D1 McAvoy · Zadorov 24:06
D2 Lohrei · Wotherspoon 18:43
D3 Carlo · Peeke 17:04
🗽Rangers
L1 Kreider · Trocheck · Zibanejad 18:46
L2 Lafrenière · Panarin · Smith 17:14
L3 Cuylle · Berard · Chytil 14:15
L4 Vesey · Carrick · Edstrom 10:27
D1 Fox · Miller 23:26
D2 Lindgren · Borgen 20:52
D3 Schneider · Vaakanainen 15:38

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS NYR🗽
33 Shots on goal 27
18 Hits 16
17 Blocked shots 24
6 Takeaways 7
15 Giveaways 18
2 Penalty minutes 2
BOS shooting 3.0% (1/33) NYR shooting 7.4% (2/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Jeremy Swayman
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 58:02 TOI
🗽Rangers
Jonathan Quick
32/33
.970 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Mika Zibanejad · 1st 09:48 · 0–1 Brett Berard · 1st 12:53 · 0–2 Elias Lindholm · 2nd 07:57 · 1–2
BOS NYR
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 1–2
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-1 (88% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Rangers lead the season series 1–0
Mar 212024 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 5–2 Dec 162023 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 2–1 OT Nov 252023 🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR 4–7 Mar 42023 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 2–4 Jan 192023 🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR 3–1
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Who won Bruins vs Rangers on January 2, 2025?

Rangers won 2–1. The final score was Bruins 1, Rangers 2.

Who scored for Bruins?

Elias Lindholm.

Who scored for Rangers?

Brett Berard, Mika Zibanejad.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Jonathan Quick made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Rangers season series?

Rangers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeDec 31 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 1–3 AfterJan 4 🐻BOS @ 🍁TOR 4–6
🗽 Rangers
BeforeDec 30 🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA 3–5 AfterJan 4 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 4–7
Also on January 2
🌲MIN 4–3 🦅WSH 🌪️CAR 3–1 🐆FLA 🐙DET 5–4 🧥CBJ 🍁TOR 2–1 🏝️NYI 🦆ANA 4–3 ✈️WPG 🏛️OTT 2–4 ⭐DAL ⚔️BUF 5–6 🏔️COL 🏒UTA 5–3 🔥CGY
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