Throughout Sunday’s preseason-opening loss to the Rangers, Bruins center Mark Kastelic was eager to be physical and looked ready to fight. He didn’t get the chance. The linesmen jumped in to prevent one skirmish early and while he took a pair of penalties and traded some post-whistle shoving, his gloves stayed on.

A shaky showing from Brandon Bussi highlighted the Bruins' loss to the Rangers on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.

The New York Rangers have continued their brilliant play throughout preseason, extending their win streak to three straight after a dominant 5-2 victory over

In Sunday’s game at TD Garden, Bruins defenseman Parker Wotherspoon was upset at being hit late and high twice by Brennan Othmann, the first of which caused Boston trainers to check on him. At the end of the second period, he’d had enough which led to a short fight, where Wotherspoon landed most of the punches.

No matter how hard they tried last year, the Bruins could just not beat the New York Rangers. Through two games in the preseason, that trend has continued. David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy and Nikita Zadorov made their preseason debuts,