N.Y. Rangers: Blueshirts Blank Bruins at Boston

From the desk: RAISE GRESCHNER WITH THE GREATS

SATURDAY

Rangers  4

Bruins   0

FINAL

When In Boston, Do As The Bruins Do; Courtesy Brendan Lemieux.

Wanna know what I'm most proud of about Saturday's game?  Brendan Lemieux's two penalties.  He committed his first infraction at the 0:53 second mark of the second period, a boarding call against Trent Frederic.  The second occurred with under two minutes remaining in the game; misconduct when he reengaged with Trent Frederic.  Otherwise, five other Rangers penalties involved innocuous hooking and holding.  That makes Lemieux the only one handing Boston a taste of their own chowder.  Coach Quinn's problem child was technically issued twelve penalty minutes, but it was punishment well earned!

All hail Keith Kincaid.  Saturday marked his fourth appearance and his first victory of the season.  Keith stopped every one of Boston's 18 shots on goal for the shutout.  He made five saves on the PK, twelve saves at even strength, and was forced to make a shorthanded stop as well.

K'Andre Miller opened the scoring at 3:06 of the first period.  Midway through the third period, Brad Marchant got whistles for slashing K'Andre Miller.  Back in the second period, Marchant was called for slashing Alexis Lafreniere.  Here we have two instances where Marchant - whose tactics are familiar to all -  takes cheat shots at two of the Rangers youngest players.  Did anyone in a Blueshirt answer address these offenses?  Of course not, and thus I applause Brendan Lemieux.

Nice to see Chris Kreider scoring points against top competition.  That's why he's still here.  His goal at 5:42 of the second gave the Rangers a 2-0 lead.

THE BREAD MAN IS BACK!

Back from Russia with love, Artemi Panarin played in his first game since Feb. 20 against Washington.  He beat the Bruins to the puck in the right corner, spun, and unleashed a pass to Ryan Strome waiting in front (exactly where he should have been!), who in turn converted on a one-timer for a 3-0 Rangers lead.  Strome led the team with six shots on goal.  Pavel Buchnevich closed out the scoring on a feed from Chris Kreider at the 16:12 mark of the third.  Buchnevich leads the team with 22 points in 26 games.

Know who was not on the ice?  Jack Johnson, that's who.  That means the blueliners are back together again.