National Hockey League
NY Rangers 5, Boston 4
When: 3:00 PM ET, Saturday, May 8, 2021
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Referees: Francis Charron, Wes McCauley
Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, Jesse Marquis
Attendance: 2191

Mika Zibanejad, Alexis Lafreniere and Vitali Kravtsov scored in a span of less than five minutes during a four-goal third period, and the New York Rangers completed their season with a 5-4 victory over the host Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon.

Zibanejad scored again late, K'Andre Miller also had a goal and Pavel Buchnevich had three assists as the Rangers snapped a five-game losing streak. Keith Kinkaid had 28 saves before exiting during the third with an injury; Igor Shesterkin stopped seven shots the rest of the way.

New York ended its season 27-23-6 for 60 points.

Nick Ritchie, David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron scored for the Bruins, whose six-game points streak came to an end. Charlie McAvoy had two assists. Tuukka Rask stopped 18 shots.

Boston (32-15-7, 71 points) has two games remaining before the Stanley Cup playoffs begin.

Pastrnak scored the 200th goal of his career 21 seconds into the third period to give the Bruins a 2-1 lead. The marker was his 20th of the season.

The advantage didn't stand long, as Zibanejad finished a 3-on-1 to knot the score at 2 at 5:22. Lafreniere's backhand goal on the rush gave New York a 3-2 edge just 2:04 later.

Kinkaid exited with 11:10 left after injuring himself stretching across the net on a Pastrnak chance, and Kravtsov's goal from the slot at 9:36 gave the Rangers a 4-2 lead.

Marchand got the Bruins back within one on the power play with 5:52 remaining, but Zibanejad made it 5-3 New York with the 200th goal of his career at 18:07. Bergeron tallied with Rask removed from net with 1:21 left, but Boston couldn't get the equalizer.

The Rangers got on the board first when Miller ripped a one-timer off a faceoff win past Rask at 6:21 of the second period. Justin Richards, making his NHL debut, picked up an assist on the goal.

Ritchie scored his career-high 15th goal of the season at 18:12 for a 1-1 tie.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
NY Rangers   Boston
Pavel Buchnevich 3 Points Brad Marchand 2
Mika Zibanejad 2 Goals Brad Marchand 1
Pavel Buchnevich 3 Assists Charlie McAvoy 2
N/A Power Play Goals Brad Marchand 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Keith Kinkaid .933 Save Percentage Tuukka Rask .783
Keith Kinkaid 28 Saves Tuukka Rask 18
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
NY Rangers 23 5 0-1 2-3 6 28
Boston 39 4 1-3 1-1 2 30
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