Rangers Stave Off Elimination, Beat Bruins in OT
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Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Chris Kreider scored 7:03 into overtime Thursday night, to give the New York Rangers a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series.
The Bruins now lead the series 3-1.
The B’s took a 2-0 lead in the second period on rookie Torey Krug’s third goal of the series, but just 58 seconds later, Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask fell and Carl Hagelin slowly pushed a puck past the fallen goaltender to make it 2-1.
Derek Stepan tied the game just 1:15 into the third period. Stepan was behind the Bruins’ net when he forced a turnover on Zdeno Chara and smacked one past Rask.
Bruin winger Tyler Seguin scored his first goal of the playoffs at the 11:54 mark, but Brian Boyle scored on the power play just 1:54 later, the last goal of the period.
Before the victory, the Rangers had been 0-3 in overtime games this postseason.
Game 5 is Saturday in Boston. The puck is set to drop at 5:30 p.m. Eastern.
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