Jonny Brodzinski scored, and Igor Shesterkin made 18 saves for the Rangers (24-23-4), who have lost three in a row.
“We make a mistake, it’s in the back of our net,” New York coach Peter Laviolette said. “[There are] things we need to do better and there are so many things that are preventable with what we’re doing. We’re not executing and getting it done -- not from a volume thing, it’s a quality thing. There’s a quality to it. We’re there, we need to execute something and we’re not executing it. ... We’ve got to be better. There are no excuses. At this time of the year we can’t have these things happen. It’s got to be tight the whole way through.”
Charlie McAvoy gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 10:21 of the first period, two seconds after their two-man advantage expired. His one-timer from the left face-off circle beat Shesterkin under the crossbar.
Miller tied it at 1-1 at 10:55. Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo attempted to clear the puck along the boards when Panarin redirected it toward Miller, who was alone at the left hash marks and scored with a one-timer to the glove side.
Pastrnak gave Boston a 2-1 lead at 17:09. Poitras collected a loose puck behind New York’s net and quickly fed Pastrnak in front, where he beat Shesterkin to the glove side.
Charlie Coyle made it 3-1 at 3:39 of the second period by redirecting an Andrew Peeke point shot, and Zacha’s power-play goal pushed it to 4-1 at 17:10.
Miller cut it to 4-2 with his second of the game, a power-play goal 35 seconds into the third period.
“I thought he was great, especially under the circumstances and traveling, a new team, a new system and everything,” Laviolette said of Miller. “That line was really good and generated a lot of good things for us.”