{"id":507657,"date":"2026-01-11T03:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/507657\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T03:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:50:21","slug":"rangers-allow-10-goals-to-bruins-in-embarrassing-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/507657\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers allow 10 goals to Bruins in embarrassing loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Winter Classic triumph was supposed to be a springboard for the Rangers.<\/p>\n

Instead, it launched the Blueshirts high enough to go \u201cKERSPLAT\u201d in a subsequent face-plant.<\/p>\n

Completely and utterly dismantled in a 10-2 thrashing by the Bruins on Saturday, the Rangers hit a new low on the 2025-26 campaign. The 10 goals they gave up didn\u2019t just set a season high and mark their largest margin of defeat, but it signaled just how close this Rangers season is to crashing and burning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have words,\u201d head coach Mike Sullivan said when given the floor after the game. \u201cI don\u2019t have words.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pavel Zacha and Marat Khusnutdinov \u2014 the latter of whom notched a game-high four goals \u2014 recorded hat tricks in the Bruins victory, while star David Pastrnak posted a six-assist effort to help make it happen.<\/p>\n

The game was completely out of hand early, which had the Rangers watching as Boston ran up the score.<\/p>\n

It also had TD Garden blasting Miley Cyrus\u2019 \u201cWe Can\u2019t Stop [Scoring]\u201d with more than half the third period remaining.<\/p>\n

\"JonathanJonathan Aspirot, Pavel Zacha and Casey Mittelstadt of the Boston Bruins celebrate the first-period goal against the New York Rangers at the TD Garden on January 10, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s as bad as it gets, so\u2026,\u201d said captain J.T. Miller, who briefly stopped the onslaught with a power-play goal in the second period. \u201cI don\u2019t want \u2014 like, I don\u2019t know. The only thing that really matters now is this should sting, like this should suck, like this should make you want to puke. And then respond tomorrow and the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mika Zibanejad and Artemi Panarin have started on a line together in 30 total games this season, including the past 10 contests. As a duo, they haven\u2019t exactly thrived in the past, but they have started to connect over the past few games.<\/p>\n

The rest of the team, however, hasn\u2019t provided the necessary support on either side of the puck.<\/p>\n

After Zibanejad one-timed a backhanded feed from Panarin for the 1-0 lead, the Bruins netted the next six goals in a row, including three straight to cap the first period. The one-goal Rangers lead lasted for just 1:07 before Khusnutdinov beat Braden Schneider to tie it up at one.<\/p>\n

Schneider nearly saved the Bruins\u2019 3-1 score in the final seconds of the opening frame, but referees called it a good goal for Zacha after watching the replay.<\/p>\n

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Miller\u2019s power-play goal did nothing for the Rangers\u2019 spirits, which were seemingly lost after goal No. 4.<\/p>\n

Goalie Jonathan Quick was then pulled and replaced by Spencer Martin after goal No. 6.<\/p>\n

The Bruins added three more for good measure in the third period. Stats were padded easily, while the Rangers did little to counterattack.<\/p>\n

\"MarkMark Kastelic of the Boston Bruins fightsSam Carrick of the New York Rangers at the TD Garden on January 10, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a game where you\u2019re looking for leadership and I got to be better,\u201d Miller said. \u201cIt\u2019s just unacceptable. Your leaders shouldn\u2019t let games \u2014 and I\u2019m talking about myself \u2014 get like that. Crowd should never be chanting \u2018We want 10.\u2019 Look within. Not try to point fingers and make excuses. It starts with myself and leadership to prevent games like that when you don\u2019t have your best. To not get out of control and hang your goalies out to dry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no point in b\u2013ching now. We\u2019re going to let it soak and let it feel terrible inside of us. The only thing that matters is responding on Monday.<\/p>\n

Noah Laba returned to the lineup Saturday afternoon after the rookie was sidelined in the previous three games due to an upper-body injury. Returning to his usual post on the third line, Laba centered Gabe Perreault and Taylor Raddysh.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Quick stopped 14 of the 20 shots he faced before getting pulled. Spencer Martin made his Rangers debut and made 10 saves on 14 shots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Winter Classic triumph was supposed to be a springboard for the Rangers. Instead, it launched the Blueshirts…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":507658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,3103,32159,405,403,1302,5226,5225,293,5228,5227,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-507657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-boston-bruins","10":"tag-jonathan-quick","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-new-york-rangers","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115874432592841071","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}