Braden Schneider admits to flub in Rangers loss to Bruins: I made a bad read

The defensive pairing that began the Rangers season opener in the spotlight because of Alberts Smits’ debut ended up back in it by the final minutes with Braden Schneider’s blunder.As the three Blueshirts forwards changed late in the third period of their 3-0 loss to the Bruins on Tuesday, Schneider ended up alone on the rush and got burned by a JJ Peterka deke that went between the defenseman’s legs.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers.

Peterka ripped a shot past Igor Shesterkin, and 52 seconds after Boston broke a scoreless tie, the Bruins doubled their lead — with Schneider’s gaffe emerging as one of the lasting images of the night.“You get that shift and you get caught out there a little too long,” Schneider told The Post on Wednesday after the Rangers practiced in Tarrytown.“I get caught with a bad gap, and, I mean, I made a bad read.

Not much you can do.He made a good play and just try to move on from it.”It marked a rough start to a critical campaign for Schneider, who was a restricted free agent at the end of last season and returned to the Rangers on a one-year deal.Next summer, he’ll likely be in the same position again, and he expressed a desire to move past his individual woes last season — when he was thrust into a larger role with Adam Fox’s injury and ended up being on the ice for a Blueshirts-worst 63 goals at 5-on-5 — in an interview with The Post’s Mollie Walker on Tuesday.But the Schneider and Smits pairing will continue to face plenty of critique.

For Schneider, it’ll revolve around his Rangers future still being uncertain.And for Smits, who skated 16:54 while recording two hits, a blocked shot and a pair of giveaways, it’ll be for gauging whether the 18-year-old and No.

5 overall pick in June’s draft encounters any growing pains.“I thought when the game started, it was happening fast for him out ...