Jonathan Quick made 32 saves and earned his 399th career regular-season victory as the New York Rangers ended their four-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
Quick, who was made New York’s No. 1 goalie for at least three games while Igor Shesterkin recovers from an upper-body injury, got his first win since defeating the Montreal Canadiens on Nov. 30.
He is one win away from reaching 400 career victories, joining Marc-Andre Fleury of Minnesota and Sergei Bobrovsky of Florida as the third active goalie to reach that milestone.
After allowing 14 goals in his previous three starts, Quick helped the Rangers secure their fifth win in 20 games (5-15-0) and end a four-game home losing streak.
Mika Zibanejad and rookie Brett Berard scored within 3:05 of each other in the first period after the Rangers started slowly.
Quick only allowed a goal to Elias Lindholm 7:57 into the second period and made several key saves, including a diving stick save on a slap shot by Charlie McAvoy with 5:27 left in the second.
He also stopped David Pastrnak twice early in the third period and made a glove save on Andrew Peeke’s long shot with 3:45 remaining. Boston goalie Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves in the loss.
The Rangers took the lead with 10:12 left in the first after Boston defenseman Nikita Zadorov mishandled the puck in front of the net. Zibanejad took advantage, receiving a backhand pass from Reilly Smith and tapping it in for a 1-0 lead.
New York extended its lead after another misplay by a Boston defenseman. Mason Lohrei lost the puck at the blue line, and Filip Chytil set up Berard for a 2-on-1. Berard drove down the right side, stopped at the faceoff circle, and shot the puck past Swayman’s arm for a 2-0 lead.
Quick kept the shutout going with a diving save on Johnny Beecher with 12:35 left in the game, but just 32 seconds later, Lindholm slipped behind Smith, took a cross-ice pass from Pastrnak, and scored to make it 2-1.
