Pastrnak Notches 900th Point But Bruins Fall to Rangers in OT

NEW YORK -- Matthew Robertson scored his first professional overtime and game-winning goal to lift the New York Rangers to a 4-3 come-from-behind win against the Boston Bruins at Madison Square Garden on Monday.

Will Borgen's goal at 13:43 tied it 3-3, and Robertson scored the winner at 3:53 of overtime with a solo rush out of the defensive zone past Bruins forward Pavel Zacha after getting the puck from goalie Jonathan Quick.

J.T. Miller and Will Cuylle also scored for the Rangers (22-25-6), who ended a three-game losing streak and won for the second time in 10 games.

Quick made 21 saves in his first win since Nov. 7 and the 408th of his career, moving him past Glenn Hall and into 12th place on the NHL's all-time goalie wins list.

David Pastrnak had three assists, the third being his 900th career NHL point, and extended his point streak to seven games (two goals, 10 assists). The winger became the 135th player in NHL history and sixth in Bruins history with at least 900 points. He is the second-fastest Bruin to hit the mark behind Phil Esposito (552 GP).

Pastrnak also moved past Rick Middleton (898 points) into sixth place on the Bruins' all-time scoring list.

"Obviously bittersweet," Pastrnak said. "It's always tough to enjoy these kinds of milestones when you don't get the win. But it's special, obviously. From the first period, I knew I'd be a disher today. I saw the ice well today. Unfortunately, we didn't get the 'W.'"

Elias Lindholm scored two goals and Morgan Geekie got his fourth in as many games, but the Bruins (30-20-3) lost for just the second time when leading after two periods this season (24-0-2). Joonas Korpisalo made 24 saves.

"It's a tough loss," Lindholm said. "I think we kind of stopped playing in the third a bit, let them take over, and obviously that's not the recipe to win. We have to clean that up."

Cuylle gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead at 9:45 of the first period, when he deflected Urho Vaakanainen's shot from the left point into the net.

Lindholm made it 1-1 at 12:09. Pastrnak's attempted cross-ice pass hit off Miller in the slot and went to Lindholm, who put it in with a wrist shot.

Miller scored 26 seconds later with a one-timer from the right circle to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead at 12:35.

Miller made a mistake early in the second period when his pass through the middle of the Rangers' defensive zone ended up getting intercepted by Charlie McAvoy. McAvoy then fed Pastrnak, whose shot was blocked, but Lindholm scored off the rebound to tie it 2-2 at 3:18.

Geekie gave Boston a 3-2 lead at 8:52, seemingly surprising Quick with a short side shot from the left circle close to the wall. Pastrnak got his 900th point on the play with the primary assist.

"We played our game more in the second period than any other period, and that was the difference," Bruins coach Marco Sturm said. "We're going in with a one-goal lead in the third, and we're going in to finish it. Unfortunately, we didn't."

Borgen tied it with 6:17 left in the third period when his shot from above the right circle appeared to deflect in off Bruins defenseman Andrew Peeke.