On an evening when the screaming cheers of their fans reverberated in Madison Square Garden for the first time this season, when every shot received an echo of applause and every rescue received a standing ovation, the Rangers held a show worthy of the 356 -day wait.
With the passionate reactions behind the glass and the traditional “Potvin Sucks!” robbers from Up in the Blue Seats (see what I did there?), the Bruins got a hard memory of what it feels like to take advantage of the ice at home, while the Rangers overcame them in a dominant 6-2 victory, Friday night in front of 1,800 fans.
As the Garden came to life, so did the Rangers.
“It simply came to our notice then [fans]”Not 2,000,” said Adam Fox after the victory, which improved the Rangers to 7-8-3.
The game was opened at sea, when Rangers scored three goals in the second period. Their highest-scoring performance of the season marked Rangers’ first win over Boston in three tries this season.
An irrefutable spirit, toughness and tenacity emanating from the Rangers game. And with each “Let’s Go Rangers!” the song that exploded, the will to win Blueshirts became stronger and stronger. It wasn’t the start of the season that the team and fans wanted or expected, but the Rangers welcomed their loyal supporters back by skating Boston in the Garden.
“I’m sitting there in the national anthem, I had some goosebumps and some energy that I didn’t have for a long time,” said Ryan Strome, whose second goal of the season, at the beginning of the second period, became a 2-0 game. “It was a kind of difficult time in the world for everyone and I think for 2,000 people to spend a night and for us to have a good performance was a good thing for New York.”
The Bruins remained competitive after Strome’s account, when their captain, Patrice Bergeron, put them on the board 2 2 / ₂ minutes later. But Brad Marchand of Boston – who received his own warm welcome at the garden – was called up for a high grip, and Colin Blackwell redirected a point kick from Fox in the power play to make it 3-1 at 18: 52 for the fourth consecutive Ranger. game with a man advantage account.
A handsome winger from Chris Kreider, with less than a minute left in the second, wrapped a bow on one of the most impressive periods of the Rangers season.
Pavel Buchnevich and Jonny Brodzinski, skating in his second game as a Ranger since being called up by the taxi team on Wednesday, scored a goal each in the third to seal the deal.
“[The Bruins] take that one [in the second] to make it 2-1, I thought I was coming, “said head coach David Quinn.” We had a few lucky breaks on penalties, we get the huge goal of the power play, and Kreids gets that goal right away. … very pleasant at our game tonight. “
Julien Gauthier scored his second NHL goal in a hard blow to his left wrist to make it 1-0 and lit the first Rangers song on March 7, 2020, at 1:03 p.m. 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 have,” Quinn said. “They were incredibly loud and passionate. Hear the number of people who might be here, think, “It will be nice, but it won’t have such a big impact.” They had an impact tonight. … We are certainly looking forward to the day when we will be able to have this full place as it normally is. ”
The Rangers seemed to feed on the noise and approval as they formed physicality in the first 20 minutes, beating the Bruins 17-8.
Fans had missed the action, and the Rangers would have wanted to make up for lost time.