N.Y. Rangers: Forward, No

From the desk: RAISE GRESCHNER WITH THE GREATS

Bruins lead Rangers; 4-1

I - BOS 3; NYR 2

II - BOS 1; NYR 0

III - NYR 6; BOS 2

IV - BOS 4; NYR 1

V - BOS 4; NYR 0

Forwards Owe Georgiev an Apology

The Rangers have now been blanked twice by the Bruins, once on the road and Thursday at home.  It's their fourth loss in five games against Boston.  During that time, the Blueshirts have been outscored by a 14-9 margin.  But don't be fooled, as six of those goals came in one game on Feb. 26 at Madison Square Garden.  Said another way, the Rangers have scored just three goals in four other games against the Bruins.

Limiting Boston to just two power-play opportunities is a good thing.  Libor Hajek earned the first Blueshirt whistle of the night for holding at the 2:14 mark of the second.  At 3:31, David Krejci converted on a feed from Brad Marchant.  That's going to happen.  However, yielding a short-handed goal to Patrice Bergeron at the 17:34 mark of the first period is just inexcusable.  It was a goal that had much less to do with Alexandar Georgiev's inability to block it than it is a matter of Brad Marchant romping through the Rangers' power-play unit and a brilliant backhand feed to Bergeron.  Georgiev was pulled after allowing four goals in just under 25 minutes on ice.  He takes the hit for a bunch of non-scoring forwards who couldn't forecheck a mailbox, much less defend my front lawn.

Boston centermen generated seven shots on goal, two goals, and five assists.  Brad Marchant had no shots on net but assisted on three goals.  Rangers' centermen generated ten shots, five by Mika Zibanejad, but came up empty again.