The Rangers took the lead through Michael Haley, but then it was just Boston. Patrice Bergeron scored hattrick, Brad Marchand 2 + 3 and David Pastrnak matched five of the goals.
Rangers Swedish point king Mika Zibanejad played only the first period, when he was then forced to break due to an upper body injury.
Lundqvist played another period, but then he was replaced in favor of Alexander Georgijev.
Coach David Quinn was furious after the game.
- I think it's part of being a professional athlete to deal with adversity and to understand that you have to keep fighting in order to be successful. I think we have players who don't understand it. I think they think the game should be played with more finesse. Finess is a big part of this game, but if you don't fight then it doesn't matter how skilled you are, he says according to nhl.com.
Quinn believes that Zibanejad's injury should not be very serious and that they now take it day by day. Jesper Fast missed the match for personal reasons and Boston forward Pär Lindholm broke the match due to injury in the second period.