Nigel Dawes’ shootout goal settled a stellar goaltending duel between New York’s Henrik Lundqvist and Boston’s Alex Auld and gave the Rangers a hard fought 1-0 victory over the Bruins on Sunday.

Dawes scored in the shootout for the third time in four games and pushed the Rangers ahead of Boston by one point for sixth place in the Eastern Conference.

Through regulation, Auld made 34 saves, while Lundqvist stopped 27 Bruins shots.

Chara Sits

The Bruins have recalled defenseman Matt Lashoff from the Providence Bruins on an emergency basis to replace the injured Zdeno Chara in the lineup.  Chara suffered the injury on Saturday.