BOSTON — Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist hopes his teammates take some time to think about how well they’ve played going into a long break.

He’ll also have some time to reflect on his climb up the NHL’s career wins list.

Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask is helped off the ice after Filip Chytil of the Rangers crashed into him while scoring a goal Saturday night. Rask did not return to the game, and the Rangers won, 3-2. Associated Press/Mary Schwalm

Lundqvist made 27 saves to take over sole possession of sixth place in wins, and the Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 Saturday night.

“I’m very proud to be on that list,” Lundqvist said. “It’s not something you think about when you start your career or seven, eight, nine years into your career. When you reach top 10, that’s probably the first time you look at that list.”

Mika Zibanejad scored two goals and Filip Chytil had the other for New York, and Lundqvist got his 446th win to break a tie with Terry Sawchuk. It was New York’s fourth win in five games, and its eighth in the last nine meetings against Boston.

The Rangers will now be off for nine days for their bye week and the All-Star break.

“I think it’s good to get a break and reflect why did we have a good week here,” Lundqvist said. “Maybe we can do that on the beach somewhere and come back recharged.”

Danton Heinen and Brad Marchand scored for the Bruins, who lost in regulation for just the second time in 10 games (7-2-1). Boston also lost goalie Tuukka Rask to a concussion late in the first period.

“He’s concussed and that’s all I know, so he’ll go into the protocol,” Boston Coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Best case scenario for those is next day he’s up and running.”

Rask was hurt in a hard collision with Chytil, who was sent flying into his head by Boston defenseman Charlie McAvoy after scoring a goal charging the net at full speed with 1 1/2 minutes left in the opening period.

The hit sent Rask onto his back, and he was down for a while before being helped to the bench and down the tunnel to the locker room. He entered tied with Cecil “Tiny” Thompson as the winningest goaltender in club history with 252 victories and was 6-0-1 in his previous seven starts.

“It was scary,” McAvoy said. “He seemed down and out. You saw firsthand the force that the guy went right into him. It didn’t look good right away. I just wanted to make sure he was OK. He came back to and we got him off the ice. Just hopefully he’s feeling all right.”

Zibanejad scored the go-ahead goal on a power play with wrist shot from the top of the left circle with 10:55 left in the third.

“You want to go into the break with a good feeling especially when you’re sitting with this game for nine days,” he said.

He became the second player in team history to score the winning goal in three straight games. Rod Gilbert did it in 1966.

Trailing 2-1, Boston tied it on Marchand’s goal when banged in a shot from the top of the crease off David Pastrnak’s feed 3:24 into the third.

With both teams facing the long layoff, the first period was somewhat surprisingly lackluster with limited hits, chances and rushes until Boston took a 1-0 edge on Heinen’s goal with 2 1/2 minutes remaining.

Chytil’s goal tied it a minute later, and Zibanejad redirected Brady Skjei’s shot to give the Rangers the lead at 5:22 of the second.

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