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Henrik Lundqvist shines on birthday as Rangers stop Bruins

BOSTON — Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves on his 35th birthday and the Rangers got third-period goals from Pavel Buchnevich and Oscar Lindberg to beat the Bruins 2-1 on Thursday night.

The Rangers, who have beaten Boston five straight times, outscored the Bruins 12-5 while sweeping the three-game season series.

Lundqvist stymied the Bruins on several outstanding chances and improved to 25-12-2 against Boston with a 1.93 goals-against average. He earned his 403rd NHL win, tying Grant Fuhr for 10th on the career list.

Brad Marchand scored his team-leading 29th goal for the Bruins to cut it to 2-1 at 12:56 of the third.