Artemi Panarin’s hat trick lifts Rangers past NHL-best Bruins
NY Post
BOSTON — This represented a tour de force for the Rangers, who not only refuse to go away but reinserted themselves smack dab in the middle of the multiple-team donnybrook for the Presidents’ Trophy with Thursday’s 5-2 dominating and stifling victory here over the first-overall Bruins.
The margin between the Blueshirts and the B’s has been narrowed again to one point in the wake of this one in which the visitors claimed an astonishing 27-7 edge in scoring chances over the final two periods in which Artemi Panarin elevated his goal total to 41 off a hat trick including the second of two New York empty-netters.
The Rangers, soldiering on without Jacob Trouba and Ryan Lindgren, gave essentially nothing away.
The few times they did, Jonathan Quick barred the door in a 24-save performance for the 391st victory of his career that tied Ryan Miller as the winningest U.S.-born goaltender in NHL history.
“We talked about the magnitude of this game and I thought we played well,” said Mika Zibanejad, whose club maintained a two-point division lead over Carolina. “I liked our decision-making, how structured we were and the way we battled.”
This was a primer for the playoffs.
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Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.
After leaving practice early on Monday to be evaluated for a lower-body injury, Adam Edstrom did not suit up Tuesday night against the Stars.
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