On a night when the roaring applause of their fans reverberated for the first time this season at Madison Square Garden, when every hit was echoed with applause and every salvation received a standing ovation, the Rangers made a show worthy of the 356 wait a day.
With the passionate reactions behind the glass and the traditional “Potvin Sucks!” mock Up of the Blue Seats (see what I did there?), the Bruins remembered hard how they feel the benefits of ice at home when the Rangers beat them in a dominant 6-2 victory on Friday night in front of 1,800 fans.
When the garden came to life, so did the Rangers.
“It sounded like 20,000 [fans], not 2,000, ”Adam Fox said after the win, which improved the Rangers to 7-8-3.
The game opened wide when the Rangers scored three goals in the second period. His highest performance of the season was the Rangers’ first win over Boston in three tests this season.
An irrefutable spirit, the toughness and tenacity that came from the game of the Rangers. And with each “Let’s Go Rangers!” the singing that grew, the Blueshirts ’will to win grew stronger. It hasn’t been the start of the season that the team and fans wanted or expected, but the Rangers welcomed their loyal fans by skating Boston off the field.
“I’m there in the national anthem, I had goosebumps and some energy that I hadn’t had in a long time,” Ryan Strome, the second goal of the season, said early in the second period. in a 2-0 match. “It’s been kind of a challenge to the world for everyone, and I think for 2,000 people spending a night and for us doing a good performance was a good thing for New York.”
The Bruins remained competitive following Strome’s account when their captain, Patrice Bergeron, put them on the board 2 ¹ / ₂ minutes later. But Brad Marchand of Boston, who received his own warm welcome in the garden, was asked for a great draw and Colin Blackwell redirected a Fox point to the powerful play to make it 3-1 at 6:52 p.m. for the Rangers’ fourth straight. game with a man advantage count
A lookless wrist from Chris Kreider with less than a minute left in the end wrapped a bow in one of the most demanding periods of the Rangers season.
Pavel Buchnevich and Jonny Brodzinski, skating in their second game as rangers since the taxi squad was called up on Wednesday, scored a goal in the third to seal the deal.
“[The Bruins] get this one [in the second] to make it 2-1, I thought they would come in, ”head coach David Quinn said.“ We were lucky at the time of the penalty, we got the huge game goal and Kreids got that goal right away. … I really enjoyed our game tonight. “
Julien Gauthier recorded his second NHL goal with a strong wrist from the left circle to make it 1-0 and turn on the Rangers ’first song since March 7, 2020, at 1:03 p.m. in the first period.
“You knew there would be fans in the building, but I don’t think any of us expected the impact they would have,” Quinn said. “They were incredibly strong and passionate. Feel the number of people there may be here, think, “It’ll be good, but it won’t have as much impact.” They had an impact tonight. … We certainly look forward to the day when we can have this place full the way it normally is. “
The Rangers seemed to feed on the noise and approval as they marked the physicality in the first 20 minutes, beating the Bruins 17-8.
The fans had missed the action, and the Rangers seemed to want to make up for lost time.