Rangers cruise past Bruins to complete strong two-game road sweep
NY Post
BOSTON — Less than a week removed from getting swept on the road, the Rangers rebounded with a two-game sweep of their own.
The Blueshirts took advantage of two banged up Eastern Conference opponents this week, pulling one out over the Hurricanes on Wednesday before trouncing the Bruins, 6-2, Friday afternoon at TD Garden to extend their winning streak to three games.
Both clubs — but especially the Bruins, who were without David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy, Pavel Zacha and Matej Blümel — may have been seriously hampered, but these were a notable pair of victories against teams toward the top of the conference.
If they weren’t able to best these teams in their current states, it would’ve been a damning reflection on the Rangers.
“Any time you go into two tough buildings and get wins, doesn’t really matter who you’re facing,” said Carson Soucy, whose bullet one-timer in the first period gave the Rangers their first 2-0 lead going into the first intermission of the season. “Everyone’s kind of facing some injuries, obviously, with the shortened schedule. Just big going into two buildings and getting two wins.”
While the 4-2 win in Raleigh, N.C. was more of a challenge, the Rangers dominated a Bruins lineup that could have been deployed in an exhibition game. Boston couldn’t even get on the board until early in the third period, when Casey Mittelstadt tapped one in through some net-front chaos.
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