RANGERS VS CANADIENS POST GAME WRAP UP 10/6

RANGERS COMEBACK DOWNS HABS 5-3

Pionk Goes Coast to Coast with Game Winner

Falling behind 3-1 in the second period after Chris Kreider had tied the game 1-1 in the first period the Rangers put on what has to be their best effort in the young season to score 4 unanswered goals to defeat the visiting Montreal Canadiens 5-3 at MSG.

Goals by Tony DeAngelo 3/4 through the second and third period tallies from Pavel Buchnevich, Neal Pionk and a short hand goal from Mika Zibanejad put the Rangers ahead for good. Of the Blueshirts 5 goals none stood out more than when defenseman Neal Pionk took the puck from behind the Rangers net and set his sights down ice beating Montreal's forwards and defenders to put his coast to coast effort past Carey Price for the go ahead and what would be the game winner with just under 3 minutes to play in the third. Zibanejad's short hand tally would put the Rangers ahead for good and cap off the win.

Kevin Hayes was a work horse for the Rangers tonight picking up tow primary and 1 secondary assist for 3 points, Zibanejad and Kreider each added an assist for two pints each on the night. In all, 9 different Rangers picked up a point in the win.

Henrik Lundqvist edged out his rival Carey Price stopping 31 of Montreal's 34 shots on net for the Win.

The penalty kill for the Rangers were a strong point tonight stopping 5 of the Habs' 6 man advantages. The Rangers power play still struggles going 0-6 on the night.

With the win the Rangers moved into the 500 club, now with a record of 7-7-1 and 15 points in the standings.

The Rangers are off until Friday when they travel to Detroit to face the Red Wings in the first of a back to back weekend ending Saturday in Columbus to face the Blue Jackets.

FINAL GAME STATS

New York Rangers 5 Montreal Canadiens 3

SOG: NYR 32 MTL 34
PIM: NYR 28 MTL 16
PPO: NYR 0/6 MTL 1/6
HITS: NYR 14 MTL 17
BLKS:  NYR 14 MTL 16
GVA: NYR 14 MTL 5
FO%:  NYR 54% MTL 46%

GOALTENDERS
NYR: H. LUNDQVIST 31 SV, 3 GA
MTL: C. PRICE 27 SV, 5 GA

GOALS
Montreal - T. Tatar (2), M. Domi
New York - C. Kreider, M. Zibanejad, N. Pionk, P. Buchnevich, T. DeAngelo

SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
00:23 Montreal Tomas Tatar (4) ASST: Jordie Benn (1), Jeff Petry (10) 1-0
15:50 New York Chris Kreider (7) ASST: Kevin Hayes (3) 1-1

2ND PERIOD
04:40 Montreal Tomas Tatar (5) ASST: Phillip Danault (7), Victor Mete (2) 2-1
06:27 Montreal PPG - Max Domi (9) ASST: Brendan Gallagher (3), Jeff Petry (11) 3-1
17:45 New York Tony DeAngelo (2) ASST: Kevin Hayes (4), Jimmy Vesey (2) 3-2

3RD PERIOD
08:24 New York Pavel Buchnevich (4) ASST: Marc Staal (3), Kevin Hayes (5) 3-3
17:16 New York Neal Pionk (2) ASST: Chris Kreider (4), Mika Zibanejad (7) 3-4
18:12 New York SHG - Mika Zibanejad (6) ASST: Vladislav Namestnikov (4), Brady Skjei (6)

PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
12:21 New York Mats Zuccarello - Slashing - 2 minutes
16:24 New York Lias Andersson - High-sticking - 2 minutes
18:55 Montreal Max Domi - Interference - 2 minutes
18:55 New York Marc Staal - Slashing - 2 minutes

2ND PERIOD
00:24 Montreal Phillip Danault - High-sticking - 2 minutes
06:09 New York Lias Andersson - High-sticking - 2 minutes
08:45 Montreal Mike Reilly - Roughing - 2 minutes
08:45 New York Cody McLeod - Charging - 2 minutes, Served by Pavel Buchnevich
08:45 New York Cody McLeod - Roughing - 2 minutes, Served by Pavel Buchnevich
08:45 New York Cody McLeod - Roughing - 2 minutes, Served by Pavel Buchnevich
08:45 New York Cody McLeod - Misconduct - 10 minutes
12:02 New York Brendan Smith - Tripping - 2 minutes
12:24 Montreal Tomas Tatar - Interference - 2 minutes
13:10 Montreal Max Domi - Holding - 2 minutes
15:44 Montreal Phillip Danault - Hooking - 2 minutes

3RD PERIOD
03:38 Montreal Charles Hudon - Hooking - 2 minutes
16:10 Montreal - Too Many Men - 2 minutes, Served by Jesperi Kotkaniemi
16:56 New York Jimmy Vesey - Hooking - 2 minutes

3 STARS OF THE GAME

1. KEVIN HAYES NYR

2. NEAL PIONK NYR

3. Tomas Tartar MTL

BROADWAY HAT

Neal Pionk