Like many teams this season, the Bruins were reminded of just how good Henrik Lundvist is, as the New York goaltender blanked the B’s, 3-0, Tuesday at TD Garden.

The Bruins fell behind in the first period on a Ryan Callahan power-play goal, and were seconds away from heading into the first intermission down by just one before Ryan McDonagh threw a puck off Zdeno Chara and past Tim Thomas with 12 seconds remaining. The teams skated to a scoreless second period that was mostly dominated by the Bruins, but they couldn’t get anything past Lundqvist. Artem Anisimov made it 3-0 in the third period.

The Bruins thought they had a goal in the third period on a Dennis Seidenberg shot from the point, but replays showed that it missed and went in through the side of the net.

With the loss, the Bruins are now 8-8-1 over their last 17 games.

The Bruins will now leave for a six-game road trip that will begin Wednesday against the Canadiens in Montreal.

WHAT WENT WRONG FOR THE BRUINS

- The Rangers’ second goal was a rather flukey one, as McDonagh threw the puck in front from the half wall, and it went off Chara and in. The timing of the goal was also hard on the Bruins, as it came with just 12 seconds left in the first period. Goals allowed late in periods can be discouraging, and there’s a big difference betewen trailing the Rangers by one and trailing them by two.

- For the second time this season, the B’s, who lead the NHL in goals per game, couldn’t beat Lundqvist. He allowed two goals in the team’s overtime win over the B’s last month, and didn’t give them anything to work with Tuesday. If you’re wondering who will be this year’s Vezina winner, look no further than Lundqvist.

It’s performances like Tuesday’s that should have hockey fans hoping for a Bruins-Rangers Eastern conference finals. Putting two brick walls against one another would make for a very tight and highly entertaining series.

- Speaking of goaltending, Thomas has now allowed three goals in three consecutive games. It’s the second time he’s done that this season after only having one such stretch last season (though that one lasted four games).

- Slumpwatch: Tyler Seguin. No 19 has just one point (a goal) over his last seven games.

- Through the first 15 minutes of the third period, the Rangers had only one shot on goal. Unfortunately for the Bruins, it went in.

WHAT WENT RIGHT FOR THE BRUINS

- The second period has plagued the B’s in recent games, but they came out Tuesday with a far stronger effort in the second. THe B’s dominated the period, outshooting the Rangers by a 14-6 margin but Lundqvist proved to be the difference. The best opportunity came when

Lundqvist and other bodies were down with action in front, but the puck never crossed the goal line.

- Not necessarily something right, but an important note. Claude Julien went back to his usual lines for Tuesday night’s game, returning David Krejci to the top line between Milan Lucic and Rich Peverley. Chris Kelly went back to centering Jordan Caron and Benoit Pouliot.