NEW YORK RANGERS POST GAME WRAP UP: RANGERS VS CANADIENS 3/4

Rangers fall flat on Garden Ice, Lose to Habs 4-1

Another game where the Rangers started the game out slow and let the opposition take control early on.

With sustained pressure in the Rangers Zone and taking advantage of a defection off Adam Clendening, a misplayed puck by Herik Lundqvist combined with a missed assignment by Ryan McDonagh, a lost puck after a shoulder save by Lundqvist ending in a wraparound goal by Motreal the Rangers were down by 3 goals heading into the third period. The Rangers started a comeback when Chris Kreider scored an early 3rd Period goal but hopes were dashed when Montreal scored from the blueline after a faceoff win which deflected in off Marc Staal's skate in front.

A hard loss to swallow for the Rangers facing a team that they might see in the first round of the playoffs.

The Rangers will now travel to Florida for two games, facing Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday and Florida Panthers on Tuesday.

FINAL GAME REPORT 

NEW YORK RANGERS 1 MONTREAL CANADIENS 4
POWER PLAY: NYR 0/0 MTL 0/1

SHOTS ON GOAL: NYR 27  MTL 35

GOALTENDERS:
Montreal - C. Price (26 SV)
New York - H. Lundqvist (31 SV)

SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
12:51 Montreal Shea Weber (15) ASST: Max Pacioretty (26), Steve Ott (4) 1-0
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
08:48 Montreal Artturi Lehkonen (12) ASST: Phillip Danault (21), Max Pacioretty (27) 2-0
18:37 Montreal Andrew Shaw (10) ASST: Alex Galchenyuk (21), Andrei Markov (24) 3-0
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
01:44 New York Chris Kreider (24) ASST: Derek Stepan (32), Mats Zuccarello (33) 3-1
06:58 Montreal Jordie Benn (3) ASST: Nathan Beaulieu (21), Alex Galchenyuk (22) 4-1

PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
No Penalties
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
No Penalties
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
16:45 Montreal Brendan Gallagher - Goaltender Interference - 2 minutes
16:45 New York Marc Staal - Roughing - 2 minutes
17:43 New York Brady Skjei - Hooking - 2 minutes