The New York Rangers will look to stave off elimination as they hit the ice in Game 5 of their best of seven NHL playoff series against the Boston Bruins in a pro hockey game on Saturday night. <br /><br />Puck drop from Boston is scheduled for 5:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBC Sports Network. <br /><br />The NHL playoff game five odds from this Eastern conference semifinal round has the home side Boston Bruins favored by -148 odds with the road underdog New York Rangers returning +138 odds. The goal total is lined at five goals. <br /><br />The Rangers forced a fifth game in this series as they now trail the Boston Bruins by a 3-1 margin following their game four 4-3 home overtime victory on Thursday night as a -110 betting odds favorite. The total landed over the total of five goals. <br /><br />Boston blew a 2-0 lead as they score two power play goals in the second period as the Rangers rally to tie the game at 2-2 at 1:15 of the third period. The Bruins found the net at 8:06 as Tyler Seguin scores at even strength. The Rangers score their first power play goal of this series at 10:00 mark of the third period as Brian Boyle finds the net for the equalizer. The Rangers force a game five as Chris Kreider scores at 7:03 in the overtime period. The Bruins outshot the Rangers by a 40-32 margin and won four more face-offs. New York scored once in four power play tries while the Bruins found the net twice in four man advantage situations. The Rangers are 1 of 14 on the power play in this series and a miserable 3 of 42 on the power play this postseason.
