Lundqvist makes 35 saves as Rangers top Bruins

BOSTON - Give the undermanned Rangers credit. They left New York on Wednesday for their first road trip of the season and returned late last night with a hard-earned four points.

The Rangers edged the Bruins, 3-2, last night at TD Center after beating Toronto, 2-1, on Thursday. They are 3-1 away from the Garden, where they will host the Devils tonight.

With goals from Artem Anisimov, Alex Frolov and Marc Staal, the Rangers (3-2-1) dealt the Bruins their second loss in six games. But the No. 1 star of the game was Henrik Lundqvist, who rested as Martin Biron faced the Leafs and was his sharpest so far this year, turning away 35 of 37 shots.

Lundqvist made a critical stop, stretching his right pad at the goal line on Jordan Caron on a two-on-one break with Blake Wheeler with 13:42 left in the third period and the Rangers hanging on to the 3-2 lead. "He makes a great save there,'' coach John Tortorella said. "I thought we played well in front of him, although there were some chances on the power play, but that's where Hank comes up big for us, in the third period.''

The goalie seemed refreshed by the save and his 60-minute effort. "I knew my pad was right at the post," Lundqvist said. "I felt like it was a clean save . . . It was a game where you really have to work to see pucks. But I did what I was supposed to do. That's what I'm trying to cut down on, the technical mistakes.''

The mistakes the Rangers made, Tortorella said, were in taking far too many penalties (10) and providing the Bruins six power plays, including two five-on-threes. "We've got some good things going on in the room, how we handle ourselves, as far as protecting one another, but we have to maintain discipline,'' Tortorella said.

The Rangers took a 3-1 lead at the 48-second mark of the second period when Staal darted out of the penalty box, scooped up a pass from Ryan Callahan and beat Tuukka Rask on a breakaway backhander. It was Callahan's 100th career point.

After that, the Bruins dominated the second period, outshooting the Rangers 16-9, and Nathan Horton trimmed the lead to one, finishing a blind, between-the-legs pass from David Krejci in the corner at 12:27. When Derek Boogaard was whistled at 13:46 for boarding Mark Stuart, the Bruins had their sixth power play but came up empty.

It was a punishing first 40 minutes. Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk left the game with a wrist injury from a Brandon Dubinsky slash in the first, and a high stick by Gregory Campbell that caught Brandon Prust in the face triggered a double-minor that carried over into the third.

The Rangers took a 2-0 lead on goals by Anisimov and Frolov. The Rangers hadn't scored in their last 14 power-play opportunities when Anisimov swatted in a high rebound that stood after a review. Frolov's second of the season erupted from a scrum, as the puck bounced high and off the glove of Stuart and past Rask 27 seconds later at 12:01.