The surging Boston Bruins come to Madison Square Garden to face the free-falling New York Rangers. Watch free on Fubo.
The Boston Bruins (20-15-4, 44 points) have turned their season around after a slow start, going 12-6-1 since interim coach Joe Sacco took over for Jim Montgomery in November after the club opened the season 8-9-3. On Thursday night, the Bruins head to Madison Square Garden to take on the sliding New York Rangers (16-19-1, 33 points), who have lost four straight and seven of their last eight to fall into last place in the Metropolitan Division. The news gets worse, with star goalie Igor Shesterkin landing on injured reserve on Tuesday with an upper-body injury, thrusting Jonathan Quick — who turns 39 on Jan. 21 — into the No. 1 slot in net.
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Game Date: Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025
Game Time: 7 p.m. ET
TV: NESN
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Boston comes in off a 3-1 road loss to the Washington Capitals on New Year’s Eve. Justin Brazeau got the Bruins on the board just 1:21 into the contest before the Capitals shut them down the rest of the way. Jeremy Swayman made 24 saves in the loss. Brad Marchand leads the team with 15 goals and David Pastrňák has 13 tallies and a team-high 37 points. Swayman is 13-11-3 in 27 starts with a 2.90 goals-against average and .891 save percentage.
New York’s woes continued on Monday in a 5-3 loss on the road to the Florida Panthers. The Rangers came back to tie the game from 2-0 and 3-2 deficits but Florida took the lead for good with 8:22 remaining. Artemi Panarin has team-highs with 16 goals and 39 points while Quick is 5-4-0 in nine starts as the backup, posting a 2.69 GAA and .907 save percentage. Quick hasn’t been a primary goalie since he was with the Los Angeles Kings back in 2021-22.
Thursday’s game is the first of three meetings between the Original Six rivals this season. The teams play in Boston on Feb. 1 and meet again at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 5.
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