Bruins" Rask Loses Balance But Keeps Sense of Humor Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask tumbled to the ice and could not stop a slow-moving backhander by the Rangers" Carl Hagelin in the second period Thursday. BOSTON - He has seen the replay more times than he would care to remember. He has gone over the play countless times in his mind. And every time, the reaction is the same. Tuukka Rask's embarrassing faux pas in Game 4 on Thursday against the Rangers is, he knows, material for every future goalie blooper roll. "I'm pretty good at making those Not So Top 10 Play Lists," Rask joked Friday after a brisk workout at TD Garden. So there we are again. He was on the ESPN list after slamming his stick against the boards and falling down after allowing a shootout goal between his legs to Montreal's Brendon Gallagher on March 28. That one made it all the way to No. Rask was at No. 2 again after stumbling, falling to the ice and flailing with his stick in an unsuccessful effort to stop a slow-moving backhander by the Rangers" Carl Hagelin in the second period Thursday. He said he caught his skate in a rut and simply lost his balance. Rask's counterpart, Henrik Lundqvist, said the goal was "probably the ugliest I've ever seen." The Bruins had a 2-0 lead at the time and went on to lose, 4-3, in overtime. "You can either cry about it or laugh about it," Rask said. I decided it was better to have a sense of humor and laugh about it. I mean, tough break, those things happen. What bothered Rask more was that the goal seemed to ignite a moribund Rangers team. The Bruins had dominated the game until Hagelin's goal and, coupled with another sloppy play by defenseman Zdeno Chara, allowed Derek Stepan to tie the game. "They got some life after that first goal and it became a hockey game," Rask said. They only had about eight shots to that point, and we were taking it to them. Then it became a hockey game. Bruins Coach Claude Julien came to Rask's defense on Friday. "There's not much you can say on those types of things," Julien said. It's things that happen. We know the impact it had. He lets one of those in, and how many does he save for us? You kind of balance those things out. It becomes a nonissue. Until that play, Rask had held his own against the highly regarded Lundqvist, and he still has a 2.33 goals against average. He is tied with Detroit's Jimmy Howard and Los Angeles's Jonathan Quick for playoff victories (seven), and he has logged the most minutes of any goalie in the playoffs except for Lundqvist. What's more concerning to Bruins fans is Rask's record in series-clinching games: 2-8. Four of those defeats came to Philadelphia in the conference semifinals in 2010 after the Bruins built a 3-0 lead. Three have come this season, two against Toronto and Thursday's game against the Rangers. By midday Friday, while he had seen plenty of replays, Rask noted that friends and family members had not yet weighed in with texts or messages. But he said he is certain he will hear from them this summer when he returns home to Finland. He hopes he goes back as the Stanley Cup winning goalie - and not as someone whose misfortune helped to turn around an otherwise one-sided series.