Henrik Lundqvist turned in a masterful performance, but it wasn't enough to propel the New York Rangers to a Game 3 victory Tuesday night. The Boston Bruins got two critical third-period goals to take the contest, 2-1, and put New York at a 3-0 disadvantage in the conference semifinals.
The Rangers entered the night with a spotless home playoff record, and they did well in keeping Boston off the board early in the game. As ESPN Stats & Info noted, Boston would be up against it at Madison Square Garden:
It looked like New York might take an early lead when Jaromir Jagr was assessed a two-minute holding penalty, but the Rangers power-play unit hasn’t performed well in the series, and that didn’t change in the early going.
Michael Del Zotto and Rick Nash each got scoring chances, but Boston killed the momentum with very little effort before returning to full strength.
As Ty Anderson of HockeyBuzz noted, New York’s power play failures didn’t come as much of a surprise:
Aaron Asham and Brad Marchand would both come off for penalties with just over 12 minu ...
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