Brett Berard of the Rangers celebrates after scoring in the first period Thursday against the Boston Bruins at Madison Square Garden. Pamela Smith/Associated Press
NEW YORK — Mika Zibanejad and Brett Berard scored in the first period, and Jonathan Quick made 32 saves as the New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 Thursday night to snap a four-game losing streak.
The Rangers won at home for the first time since Dec. 6 as Quick was steady in place of injured starter Igor Shesterkin to get his 399th career victory.
Elias Lindholm scored for Boston, and Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves. The Bruins have lost three of four.
Zibanejad tapped a loose puck past Swayman at 9:48 of the first for his seventh goal of the season and second since Nov. 30.
Berard made it 2-0 with 7:07 remaining in the period, scoring his third of the season.
Lindholm scored at 7:57 of the second to get the Bruins on the scoreboard.
Takeaways
Rangers: New York improved to 8-9-1 at home after going 30-11-0 at Madison Square Garden year.
Bruins: Boston fell to 8-10-2 on the road.
Key moment
Quick, who turns 39 on Jan. 21, made successive saves on Boston’s Mark Kastelic, Justin Brazeau and John Beecher about 7 1/2 minutes into the second. He improved to 6-4-0 this season. His most recent win was on Nov. 30.
Key stat
Zibanejad’s goal was the 301st of his career and his 700th point. The 31-year-old forward has 22 points in 37 games this season.
Up Next
Bruins visits Toronto on Saturday and the Rangers play at Washington.
Send questions/comments to the editors.
Join the Conversation
We believe it’s important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It’s a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others. Read more...
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
For those stories that we do enable discussion, our system may hold up comments pending the approval of a moderator for several reasons, including possible violation of our guidelines. As the Maine Trust’s digital team reviews these comments, we ask for patience.
Comments are managed by our staff during regular business hours Monday through Friday and limited hours on Saturday and Sunday. Comments held for moderation outside of those hours may take longer to approve.
By joining the conversation, you are agreeing to our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is found on our FAQs.
You can modify your screen name here.
Show less
Join the Conversation
Please sign into your CentralMaine.com account to participate in conversations below. If you do not have an account, you can register or subscribe. Questions? Please see our FAQs.