Rangers Top Bruins in OT, Force Game 5 in Boston During a sluggish first period, a difficult second period, and a tense third period, there were few signs the New York Rangers would be able to hold off the Boston Bruins and extend their season for at least one more game. The Rangers played poorly in the opening 20 minutes, but managed to get to intermission in a scoreless tie. Offensively challenged New York fell behind by two goals in the second and trailed by one twice in the third. Yet, the Rangers dug out of those deficits and were still tied at the end of regulation. Surely the overtime bug would bite them again, no? Not this time. Chris Kreider deftly deflected a pass from Rick Nash past goalie Tuukka Rask 7:03 into the extra period, and the Rangers escaped with a 4-3 victory in Game 4 Thursday night that kept them alive in the Eastern Conference semifinals. "Tonight is a good example of just how deep we are," Kreider said. Derek Stepan and Brian Boyle scored tying goals in the third period for the Rangers, who even found a bit of success on the power play. Carl Hagelin netted New York's first goal in the second. Henrik Lundqvist made 37 saves for New York, which totaled only five goals while losing the first three games of the series. The Rangers still trail 3-1 and will need to win Saturday in Boston to force a Game 6 back at Madison Square Garden. "This was a big one," Lundqvist said. He stopped above the right circle and fed a hard pass in front that Kreider skated into and tipped in for his first of the playoffs. New York, which improved to 1-3 in overtime in these playoffs, was eliminated from the conference finals last year by New Jersey after regulation in Game 6. "There is no negativity in the room," defenseman Dan Girardi said. We're not worrying about anything else that is going on. We knew we just had to win one game. Now we have to go to Boston and try to win another one. Kreider, who made his NHL debut in last year's playoffs, has six postseason goals in just 25 games. One more win will put Boston into the conference finals for the second time in three years. "There is no panic here," coach Claude Julien said. Stepan gathered the puck and tucked it inside the left post for his team-leading fourth of the playoffs. "We made some mistakes, mistakes we haven't been making, mistakes you can't have, and they capitalized on them," Chara said.