Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, March 30, 2012 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-1 on Friday, March 30, 2012 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 29-20.
Michael Del Zotto scored twice. Marian Gaborik, Brad Richards and Rene Bourque also scored.
Henrik Lundqvist made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marian Gaborik (1)Brad Richards (1), Carl Hagelin (1)0–108:56 NYR
2nd period
Brad Richards (1)Derek Stepan (1), Michael Del Zotto (1)0–200:30 NYR · PPG
3rd period
Michael Del Zotto (1)Derek Stepan (2)0–308:17 NYR · PPG- Michael Del Zotto (2)Marian Gaborik (1), Brad Richards (2)0–416:58 NYR
Rene Bourque (1)Tomas Plekanec (1), Chris Campoli (1)1–417:31 MTL
Team stats
MTLNYR
20Shots on goal29
49%Faceoff %51%
0/3Power play2/4
8Penalty minutes6
14Hits23
12Blocked shots18
5Giveaways4
2Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 05:06
Brad Richards · roughing2 min - 1st 14:13Ruslan Fedotenko · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 1st 19:11
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 2nd 07:23Tomas Plekanec · holding2 min
- 3rd 02:35David Desharnais · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 07:12Louis Leblanc · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:04Brandon Dubinsky · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:37 |
| 27Rene BourqueR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:06 |
| 17Chris CampoliD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:21 |
| 15Petteri NokelainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:56 |
| 25Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:02 |
| 45Mike BlundenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:21 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 57Blake GeoffrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:25 |
| 60Aaron PalushajR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:57 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:20 |
| 71Louis LeblancC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 72Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:15 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:13 |
| 62Frédéric St-DenisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:50 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 60:00 |
New York Rangers
| 19Brad RichardsC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 18:43 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21:18 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 19:47 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:53 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:25 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:07 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:50 |
| 34John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:16 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 71Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:29 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:00 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:55 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:42 |
| 32Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 41Stu BickelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 20 | 19 | 1 | .950 | 60:00 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |