Blueshirts have no fight left in Boston

BOSTON — Patrice Bergeron scored in his fourth straight game, Jeremy Swayman needed to stop only 15 shots for his second career shutout and the Bruins beat the Rangers, 4-0, on Thursday night.

Jake DeBrusk, Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Carlo also scored and Brad Marchand and David Krejci collected two assists apiece to help the Bruins win for the fifth time in six games. The teams will meet again on Saturday in Boston.

The Rangers, in the midst of a tumultuous week that included the firing of the club’s president and general manager, were listless from the start and lost their fifth straight. They put just four shots on goal in the first period and three in the second.

Swayman managed to stay sharp despite most of the action occurring at the other end of the ice until the third period.

Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin had a much busier night, stopping 30 shots and preventing a larger rout.

Swayman, playing exactly a month after his NHL debut, won for the fifth time in his last six starts. The Bruins gave him a lead to work with 7:11 into the game, when Marchand fed Bergeron from behind the net for a one-timer from the right circle.

It was the Rangers’ first game since owner James Dolan fired team president John Davidson and general manager Jeff Gorton on Wednesday. That came a day after the club’s public criticism of NHL head of player safety George Parros about a melee with the Capitals on Monday. The Rangers were fined $250,000 on Thursday for the cricism.