The New York Rangers, as much as any other team in the National Hockey League, appeared ready to give the dominant Bruins a good test on Thursday at Madison Square Garden.
Since Dec. 5, they were the second hottest team in the league behind the B’s with a record of 14-3-2. And not only were they catching the B’s on the second half of a back-to-back, their guests lost steady defenseman Brandon Carlo early in the second period with a lower body injury.
But in the end, the Rangers were just another mangled piece of Bruin road kill. The B’s got a goal in each period to beat the Blueshirts, 3-1, to push their mind-boggling record to 36-5-4.
