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Marian Gaborik’s hat trick leads Rangers past Bruins in overtime 01.23.13 at 10:14 pm ET
By DJ Bean

Marian Gaborik completed his hat trick in overtime Wednesday night, burying the rebound of his own breakaway bid to give the Rangers a 4-3 win over the Bruins.

Gaborik also scored twice in the first period, giving the Rangers a 2-0 lead before second-period goals from Brad Marchand and Milan Lucic tied the game. Forty seconds later, however, Taylor Pyatt beat Tuukka Rask to give the Rangers the lead until Nathan Horton tied it in the third with his first goal since suffering a season-ending concussion last Jan. 22.

With the overtime loss, the Bruins fell to 2-0-1 on the season. They will return home to face the Islanders Friday at TD Garden.

WHAT WENT WRONG FOR THE BRUINS

- Claude Julien puts the Merlot Line on the ice on the shifts following goals to keep the intensity up, but they looked like just another fourth line on the shift that followed Lucic’s game-tying goal in the second period. Shawn Thornton failed to get the puck out of the zone when given the opportunity along the boards, allowing the play that resulted in Pyatt’s goal.

- Hamilton gets a spot in both sections here. For as strong as he has played through the first three games of the season, he also could have prevented two of the five goals the team has allowed. In addition to not getting to rebound on the Jets’ first-period goal Monday, Hamilton was also caught out of position on Gaborik’s second goal of the night.

WHAT WENT RIGHT FOR THE BRUINS

- For the second time in three games, the Bruins had to kill off a lengthy 5-on-3 against the Rangers and did so successfully. With Aaron Johnson already off for tripping, Adam McQuaid took an obvious boarding penalty on a hit on Dan Girardi, giving the Rangers a 1:13 5-on-3. Zdeno Chara, Boychuk, Patrice Bergeron and Chris Kelly killed it off. The B’s still have not allowed a power-play goal this season.

- It wasn’t his most impressive effort through three games, but Hamilton picked up what should be the first of many points in the NHL by firing the shot that Marchand tipped past Lundqvist. He had an earlier opportunity on the power play when he got off a slapshot from the top of the right circle that Lundqvist glove.

In the latest sign that Claude Julien has a lot of faith in the rookie, Hamilton led the Bruins with 8:01 of ice time in the first period and was also on the 5-on-4 portion of the Rangers’ third-period 5-on-3.

- Hamilton’s first career NHL point wasn’t the only thing that made the Bruins’ first goal on Wednesday significant. It was also the Bruins’ first power-play tally in 12 attempts this season. Boston went 1-for-5 on the man advantage Wednesday.

- If this is an out-of-shape Lucic, then a lot of teams probably wish they had players that were as out-of-shape. The name of the game is hustle when it comes to the 24-year-old power-forward, and thus far he’s turned in the hard work. He was relentless in front of the net on the Bruins’ second goal in the second period, his team-leading second of the season.

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  • Sicko

    Nice to get a point and the Bruins battled all night. Just a bad break, in O.T., when the puck started bouncing in the Rangers’ zone.

  • A Big Bad Bruin’s Fan in NYC

    I was there in MSG tonight to watch the game. The Bruins did a great job making the Rangers look like a last place team as they skated around them during the penalty kill with two players short on the ice. A great come back on their first away game. It’s too bad an early breakaway goal won it for the Rangers in overtime, because the Bruins had the momentum to pick up the win in NYC tonight. We’ll take the point. Go Bruins.

  • Beavis

     Surprised you made it out of that pit alive.

  • Uncle Buck

    Yep. Ferrence didn’t look too good on that but you’re right, the puck was bouncing.  Take the point on the road.  Two things i really like; Tuukka and Dougie.  That kid is the real deal.  This team is going to be just fine.

  • Chrisindanvers

    Despite the loss, it was a solid game. You knew the Rangers had to come out swinging…and the Bruins came back great twice in that game. To take it to OT shows a lot about this team. They are coming out of the gate much better than expected. Totally agree about Tuukka and Hamilton… they look great.

  • ouse….

    lets get a goalie that cab save something, Pitiful. I give up on this team

  • Anonymous

    And I cant wait til the kid really gets his confidence up to par.

  • glenn88

    Great game.  Bruins played well after the first 10 minutes.  

    The elephant in the room right now is Chris Bourque.   Chris is the Bruce Boudreau of the AHL (Bruce was the all time leading scorer in the AHL but couldn’t play at the NHL level).   He can’t play at his size at this level and especially on this Bruins team in this system.  He can’t win a puck and he is weighing down that Peverly line.  When does this experiment end and how does it end?  

    I say let the kid be a legend down at Providence.  He can have a great career and be a celebrity at Providence.   Nothing wrong with getting the most out of your talent.

  • Beavis

     Get off this board you loser/troll. Go play in the street douch e.

  • MarvinMarchant

    Or you could just give him a chance bc he’s still better than his replacement Jordan Caron.  Bruins need to draft better.. Seguin was a can’t miss, Hamilton looks like a solid pic, but Hamill, Colborne and Caron were 1st rd picks in 07,08,09 and only one is still with the team and he looks like a career AHL’er.. They passed up on a lot of talent with those picks including Logan Couture, Ryan McDonaugh, Kevin Shattenkirk, Max Pacioretty, David Perron, Wayne Simmonds, Jamie Benn, Carl Hagelin, Justin Braun, Erik Carlson, John Carlson, Jordan Eberle, Slava Voynov, Derek Stepan, Travis Hamonic, Adam Henrique, Cam Atkinson, Ryan O’Reilly, Drew Shore. 

  • glenn88

    NHL drafting is never an exact science when you are drafting 17 year old kids.  While they have some obvious early round misses, the 3rd rounder from the 2010 draft Carrera (check spelling) looks good as a 6’1 winger.  I also don’t think you could argue with Marchand, Rask, Krecji and Lucci.   They have a solid foundation of guys from their system.

    You can give Bourque a chance, but what are you hoping for?  He is smaller than Marchand and doesn’t have his skating ability.   There is a reason why he was left in college and the minors for this long by other NHL teams.  He is being given this chance because of his father and that probably makes everybody uneasy including Chris.   

    HE IS NOT better than Caron at the NHL level when Caron is healthy. He can’t win pucks at this level and he is physically outclassed.  Chris can’t compete at this level with his size and ability.      

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