It was the birthday from hell for Henrik Lundqvist. In a second round rematch, the Bruins greeted him rudely scoring six times on 33 shots in a 6-3 trouncing of the Rangers on Hockey Day In America. This was an epic fail of biblical proportions. Boston reminded why they’re the most complete team in the East. Coming off consecutive losses, they came in angry and proved a point. They own the Rangers sweeping the season series.

Matched up against Lundqvist in an Olympic semifinal rematch, Tuukka Rask got revenge by outplaying him. He finished with 39 saves. Despite the final tally, the Bruins needed Rask to make some big ones before Milan Lucic iced it with 1:36 left. For Lundqvist, who turned 32 it wasn’t really his fault. His team played awful in front of him. They tried to play run and gun against one of the league’s most disciplined teams. It was a bad recipe.

In what can best be described as a lost weekend, the Rangers have gotten away from the team defense they played that had them playing their best hockey before the break. After a good start against the Blackhawks, they lost their way against the Flyers and Bruins. Somewhat disturbing, Lundqvist has allowed 10 goals in two starts. It more has to do with how they’re playing. Brutal turnovers and lazy back checks have contributed. Down to third in the division and seventh behind the Flyers with the Caps, Devils and Blue Jackets close behind, they must rebound against the Maple Leafs Wednesday. Ironically, that’s the trade deadline which hopefully won’t include Ryan Callahan. There was an awful lot of negative tweets about the Ranger captain from unrealistic fans who overreacted.

It’s easy to bash him when the team doesn’t win. Like Saturday, he missed some chances. Funny, I didn’t see Rick Nash burying any or our slumping top line center Derek Stepan. Sometimes, fans can be reactionary. With Dan Girardi already done, Callahan’s name is going to be dragged through the mud over the next 48-plus hours. I’ll reiterate this point for Glen Sather. What team trades their captain in a playoff race? The Rangers are better off keeping him. With rumors swirling he might come down to $6 million over six years, naturally fans will blame him. Unfortunately, this is what you get in today’s chaotic social media.

Goal scoring isn’t why they lost. Defense and lack there of was a bigger indicator. After dominating most of the first period, the Rangers only came out tied. Jarome Iginla answered J.T. Miller’s early goal. Miller has played well since returning. At least that decision has worked out for Alain Vigneault. Better than dressing Derek Dorsett for Dominic Moore and seeing him take another mindless penalty that proved costly. Tonight, he decided to keep Anton Stralman with John Moore and play Kevin Klein with suddenly struggling Marc Staal. It didn’t work. Staal had a second straight off game going minus-two. Even their top defensemen had forgettable nights. Ryan McDonagh got caught on a bad pinch on one of Boston’s goals and Girardi was on for three goals against including a backbreaking shorthanded goal from Ranger killer Gregory Campbell. He scored twice in the third.

The Rangers generated plenty of opportunities but couldn’t beat Rask when it counted. Dougie Hamilton and Carl Soderberg each tallied to put the Bruins up 3-1. Nobody took either. Predictably, they played a better second after getting outshot 20-9. Soderberg’s goal came off a dominant cycle that lasted a minute. It was eerily similar to last year’s second round ouster. That was the script throughout. The Rangers never quit. Brad Richards had a sweet finish at 16:53 cutting the deficit to 3-1 late in the second. It was set up by Callahan. He made the play. Saturday victim Stralman started it with a good defensive play.

McDonagh got into it with Brad Marchand, who did what he does best. The Bruins pest took our top defenseman off for two minutes with each getting matching high sticking minors at 19:32. The teams traded chances halfway through the third but the goalies held up their end. Hamilton then took a delay of game. Instead of tying it, the Rangers allowed Campbell to score a shorthanded goal. Caught napping, they watched a hustling Daniel Paille get to a loose puck and then find Campbell wide open in the slot for a lay-up. Chris Kreider was late on the back check. The second time in two games he failed to take a goal scorer. It also occurred with Sean Couturier.

The real crusher was Campbell’s second which made it 5-2 with 6:34 remaining. After coming very close to scoring on the opposite end, they watched Paille center a puck that Campbell redirected with his skate. Video review confirmed it a good goal. I didn’t think it was illegal. Campbell got rewarded. Why shouldn’t an offensive player get just reward when the team defense breaks down that poorly? It was like a mirror image of last Spring.

Daniel Carcillo tried to goon it up with known fighter Torey Krug. Seriously. It was a stupid play that nearly negated a power play. This time, the Rangers capitalized with McDonagh finishing off a Kreider feed for his ninth that made it 5-3 with 4:42 left. Boston coach Claude Julien used his timeout. That’s what it’s there for. Vigneault never uses his.

The Rangers applied a lot of pressure but got no closer. Instead, Lucic tipped in his 19th from Matt Bartkowski and David Krejci at 18:24. That kind of game. That kind of lost weekend. Not exactly reason for Lundqvist to celebrate.