BOSTON — Twenty games into the season, the Rangers look like a legitimate playoff contender. They earned their seventh victory in the last eight games on Friday, scoring four straight goals, including three in the third period, in a 5-2 victory over the Boston Bruins at TD Garden before a national television audience.
"I would say it’s a good feeling, but I also think that it’s a group that’s not satisfied,’’ center Ryan Strome said after the Rangers moved to 13-4-3. "I think we’re starting to feel like a winning team. [Tied] 2-2 in Boston, in the past, we’re young, we’re a little fragile, you never know what can happen. But I think tonight we stick with it. I think we’ve got a different feel to our team and we find a way to get a win.’’
Strome scored with 5.8 seconds left in the first period to tie it at 1-1 despite the fact that the Rangers were heavily outplayed by the Bruins in the opening 20 minutes and were outshot 17-5, according to the center-ice scoreboard.
