Rangers – Canadiens

Mika Zibanejad scored the shootout winner to lift the New York Rangers to a 4-3 comeback victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.

Joanette was also honoured by the Canadiens during a television timeout in the first period. The Canadiens regained the lead when Belzile beat Shesterkin with a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle at 17:02. The native of Verdun, Que., was presented with personalized Canadiens and Rangers jerseys by St. Following the game, the Canadiens announced that Kirby Dach will be out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. Lafreniere tipped Adam Fox’s point shot for his fourth goal in the last five games. “(Tierney) has more minutes, he takes it up a notch and the train keeps moving forward. “We learned this morning that (Dvorak) and (Harris) wouldn’t play, some guys came in and we still kept at it,” St. Jordan Harris, who also missed the game, was replaced by Chris Wideman in the lineup. Patrick Kane scored his first goal in his third game as a Ranger. “We gave them maybe a little too many, two-on-ones, three-on-twos and (Shesterkin) was good for us tonight. New York snapped a two-game losing streak, while handing the Canadiens a fifth straight loss. “Didn't play a perfect game but we created some good offence and some key guys scored for us tonight."

N.Y. Rangers 4, Montreal 3 (SO). Five consecutive one-goal losses against strong teams.

By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Anderson now has 19 goals this season, second on the team behind Suzuki’s 21. “We’re right there, like I’ve been saying a lot lately,” he added. Harvey-Pinard also struck the post in overtime, when each team had three shots but Montreal had the better scoring opportunities, including Anderson, who cut in alone from the right side. For the second consecutive game, the Canadiens could have easily produced more than three goals. “A lot of (AHL) guys come up and we’re still able to compete. Last game could have gone either way, and a lot of our games on the road could have gone either way. The fluid skater opened the scoring after only 35 seconds, drew an assist on Belzile’s third goal in as many games, produced two shots and logged slightly more than 20 minutes on 24 shifts. Montembeault stopped Kaapo Kakko’s backhand in the opening round of the shootout before being beaten by Mike Zibanejad, who made a pretty move before scoring on his forehand. “We’re now 0-5 in our last five, but I think we could have been 5-0. By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. It marked the second consecutive contest in which Montreal has taken a strong team — following Carolina on Tuesday — to a shootout.