On a night when the roaring cheers of their fans echoed through Madison Square Garden for the first time this season, when every hit echoed with applause and every save received a standing ovation, the Rangers put on a show that 356 was worthy. -day wait.
With the passionate reactions from behind the glass and the traditional “Potvin sucks!” to the cheers of Up in the Blue Seats (see what I did there?), the Bruins got a harsh reminder of how the home-ice advantage felt as the Rangers defeated 1,800 fans Friday night in a winning 6- 2 victory. .
When the garden came alive, so did the Rangers.
‘It sounded like 20,000 [fans], not 2,000, ”said Adam Fox after the win, which improved the Rangers to 7-8-3.
The game exploded wide when the Rangers scored three goals in the second period. Their performance for the highest point of the season was Rangers’ first win over Boston in three tries this season.
An undeniable spirit, toughness and determination stems from the game of the Rangers. And with every “Let’s Go Rangers!” The spirit that blossomed became the will of Blueshirts stronger and stronger. It was not yet the start of the season that the team and fans wanted or expected, but the Rangers welcomed back their loyal fans by skating Boston out of the garden.
“I stand there during the national anthem, I had goosebumps and energy that was long gone,” said Ryan Strome, whose second goal of the season, early in the second period, made it a 2-0 game. “It was a kind of challenging time in the world for everyone, and I think having 2,000 people a night out and being able to give us a good performance was a good thing for New York.”
The Bruins remained competitive following the score of Strome when their captain, Patrice Bergeron, put them on the board 2 ₂ / ₂ minutes later. But Brad Marchand, Boston – who received his own warm welcome at the Garden – was asked for a high sticking point and Colin Blackwell diverted a point shot from Fox on the power play to make it 3-1 for the 18:52 Rangers’ fourth consecutive series of games with a human advantage.
A no-look pulse from Chris Kreider with less than a minute left in the second, wrapped a bow in one of the Rangers’ most important periods of the season.
Pavel Buchnevich and Jonny Brodzinski, who kicked off the taxi team in his second game as a Ranger since his call on Wednesday, scored a goal in the third to clinch the deal.
‘[The Bruins] get that one [in the second] to make it 2-1, I thought they would come, ”said head coach David Quinn. ‘We had some lucky interruptions with the penalty goal, we get the big power play and Kreids immediately gets the goal. … I really liked our game a lot tonight. ‘
Julien Gauthier scored his second NHL goal through a hard pulse from the left to make it 1-0 and set the first Rangers goal since 7 March 2020 at 13:03 in the first period.
“You knew there would be fans in the building, but I don’t think any of us expected the impact they would make,” Quinn said. “They were incredibly hard and passionate. You hear the number of people who may be here think, ‘That would be nice, but it would not have that much of an impact.’ They had an impact tonight. … We are definitely looking forward to the day when we can perfect this place as it normally is. ‘
The Rangers seem to have fed the noise and approval as they took on the physicality in the first 20 minutes, defeating the Browns 17-8.
The fans missed the action, and the Rangers apparently wanted to catch up on the lost time.