Rangers Pull Off Comeback, Beat Boston 5-3

I'm telling you, this team is trying to kill me.

The Rangers pulled off a remarkable comeback at Madison Square Garden tonight, erasing a 3-0 deficit to win 5-3. The Rangers, who were separated by no more than two points from the Carolina Hurricanes who sit in 9th place in the Eastern Conference, have jumped into the 7th place spot, four points away from the trailing Hurricanes and have tied with the Montreal Canadiens.

The Rangers looked deflated to start the game, having played in a shootout win over the Flyers. the Rangers surrendered two goals in the 1st period from Daniel Paille and Nathan Horton. The Bruins held the Rangers to just five shots in the first period. The Rangers then carried the same drudge over to the 2nd period, giving up a goal to Chris Kelly to make it a 3-0 game.

A minute and two seconds later though, Vinny Prospal decided it was time to stop messing around, slapping home a goal that managed to get through the legs of Tim Thomas. Seven-minutes later, Prospal did it again cutting the lead to just one to end the 3rd period.

The Rangers came onto the ice in the 3rd a better team then the one that started the game. Henrik Lundqvist stood tall when needed to, and the defense really shut down the opposition. With four minutes remaining in the game, Brandon Dubinsky got the puck directly in front of Tim Thomas, and slid a backhander underneath him to tie the game up. Less than a minute later, Michael Sauer got a shot off that managed to squeak between the legs of Thomas yet again, and trickled just over the goal line to give the Rangers the lead with three minutes to go in the game.

Derek Stepan sealed the victory with an empty netter to win the game 5-3. The Rangers had never come back to beat Boston after trailing by three goals since the league began. the Rangers showed courage, passion, and will in this victory as they improve their chance of making the playoffs with a big regulation win with only two game remaining in the season.