clarinews@clarinet.com (01/14/90)
BOSTON (UPI) -- Boston Bruins Coach Mike Milbury was so bored during Saturday's 3-2 loss to the New York Rangers he was concerned for the 14,448 fans who attended the game. ``They forced us to dump and chase all afternoon,'' he said. ``I supposed that's the way (Ranger coach) Roger (Nielson) felt he had to play here, but I'd hate to see one-man forechecking become a trend against us. It's boring. If that's going to happen, we're going to lose a lot of paying customers!'' Nielson was mildly amused. ``He didn't say that, did he?'' Nielson asked with a smile. ``Gee, he went to my coaching clinic. He wouldn't say that.'' The Rangers stationed four men at their blue line, forcing the Bruins to dump the puck into the New York zone. The result was a 37-17 advantage in shots, but, as Nielson said, ``we weren't outplayed.'' The Bruins would beg to differ. ``We outshot them more than 2-to-1,'' said defenseman Ray Bourque. ``We had plenty of chances. Anytime you do that, you have to expect to score more than two goals. ``They sent four men out all day. Teams have been doing that to us here and winning, so we're going to have to find a way to deal with it.'' Bourque said. ``They didn't even change when we went ahead. Then, they got a break at the end (a bank shot off the post by Tomas Sandstrom with 34 seconds left) and won.'' The winning goal game after Ranger teammate Carey Wilson's original shot hit off the left post. Sandstrom picked up the rebound, skated toward the Boston goal, and bounced a shot of the post that beat goalie Reggie Lemelin. The teams were tied 1-1 after one period, and 2-2 after two. Brian Mullen scored the first of his two goals at 5:35 of the first period after circling behind the net to draw Lemelin out of position, and then shooting a return pass into the net. Bourque made it 1-1 at 16:35, taking a drop pass from Ken Linseman and scoring on a wrist shot past New York goalie Mike Richter, playing only his fifth game of the season. Bobby Carpenter made it 2-1, Boston, at 3:27 on the rebound of a Garry Galley shot, but Mullen, on a 2-on-1 with Kelly Kisio, beat Lemelin with a shot that bounced off the goalie's stick at 17:48 to tie the score at 2-2.