Game 30: New York 1 at Boston 1

New York Rangers and Boston Bruins played to a 1-1 tie at Boston Garden in a game that was even on both the scoreboard and in shots.

Each team registered 29 shots on goal, though they came in waves on both sides.

The second half of the second period belonged to Rangers, who fired nine shots at Boston goalie Don Simmons in that time frame, to Boston's none.

But the third period was mainly Bruins, who kept the pressure on Rangers for most of the final stanza, which included Fleming MacKell's goal at 1:50 to tie the contest.

Both goalies made crucial saves and both were outstanding throughout the game.

Simmons seems to have broken out of his slump, repelling Rangers all night long. New York's Gump Worsley robbed Boston's Real Chevrefils from point blank range with less than four minutes to play. Chevrefils is still looking for his first goal of the season.

What wasn't even was the number of power plays. Rangers had six, while Bruins found themselves with the man advantage just three times. Regardless, neither team scored on the power play.

The tie kept Bruins (4-5-1) in fourth place and Rangers (2-5-3) in fifth place.

1st Period
NY- Gendron (Popein, Evans) 16:29

2nd Period
No scoring

3rd Period
BOS- MacKell (Labine, Flaman) 1:50

SOG
NY 9-15-5 = 29
BOS 10-8-11 = 29

PP: NY 0-6; BOS 0-3

Goalies
NY- Worsley
BOS- Simmons


MacKell's second goal of the season lifted Bruins to tie