WORTH THE WAIT
Down 3-1, Rangers storm back for shootout victory
Successful in his only previous shootout attempt, Tony DeAngelo tried the same approach. And he got the same result.
DeAngelo scored the decisive goal in the seventh round of the shootout and the Rangers rallied from two goals down in the third period to beat the Bruins, 4-3, on Wednesday night at the Garden
“I kind of did the same move as last time,” said DeAngelo, who beat Jaroslav Halak with a forehand from the right side into the top right corner. “To come back, pick up two points coming back down two in the third is a big win for us.”
Mika Zibanejad, Kevin Hayes and Filip Chytil scored for the Rangers and Alexandar Georgiev finished with 27 saves. The Rangers won for the second time in five games (2-2-1) after a stretch in which they won four of five.
“We gave them too many opportunities in the second period,” Rangers coach David Quinn said. “We talked about we just go to move past that, we can’t let that bad second period get in the way of the third period . ... We did a pretty good job in the third.”
Danton Heinen, David Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron scored for Boston, Brad Marchand notched two assists, and Halak stopped 36 shots. The Bruins, who squandered a 3-1 lead in the second, saw a two-game winning streak end, but earned a point for the fifth straight game (2-0-3).
Zibanejad and Marchand each scored in the third round of the tiebreaker. After DeAngelo gave the Rangers the edge, they won it when David Krejci missed on the Bruins’ last attempt. That improved the Rangers to 6-2 in shootouts this season.
Each team had chances as they alternated odd-man rushes in the 3-on-3 overtime, with Halak making a sensational save to deny Zibanejad with 1:06 left. Halak earlier thwarted Chytil in front. On the other end, Georgiev stopped Sean Kuraly’s tip try with 1:23 to go.
“We let it slip in the third,” Bergeron said. “That’s where it was played out. That game shouldn’t be going to overtime.”
The Rangers pulled to 3-2 at 9:24 of the third when Jimmy Vesey sent a centering pass in front and Hayes poked it past Halak for his 12th.
Chytil then tied it on a power play, knocking in the rebound of Pavel Buchnevich’s slap shot from the left side with 7:19 left for his 10th.
“We got the much-needed goals and kept working,” Zibanejad said. “Had some good chances in overtime, and finished it off in a shootout. It was nice.”