Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Saturday, March 4, 2017 · Madison Square Garden
NHLN-US · CBC · TVAS · MSG
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Madison Square Garden. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 35-27.
Goals came from Shea Weber, Artturi Lehkonen, Andrew Shaw, Chris Kreider and Jordie Benn.
Carey Price made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 31 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Shea Weber (15)Max Pacioretty (26), Steve Ott (4)1–012:51 MTL
2nd period
Artturi Lehkonen (12)Phillip Danault (21), Max Pacioretty (27)2–008:48 MTL
Andrew Shaw (10)Alex Galchenyuk (21), Andrei Markov (24)3–018:37 MTL
3rd period
Chris Kreider (24)Derek Stepan (32), Mats Zuccarello (33)3–101:44 NYR
Jordie Benn (3)Nathan Beaulieu (21), Alex Galchenyuk (22)4–106:58 MTL
Team stats
MTLNYR
35Shots on goal27
63%Faceoff %38%
0/1Power play0/0
2Penalty minutes4
35Hits22
11Blocked shots11
6Giveaways14
4Takeaways5
Penalties
- 3rd 16:45
Brendan Gallagher · interference goalkeeper2 min - 3rd 16:45
Marc Staal · roughing2 min - 3rd 17:43Brady Skjei · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:27 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 19:00 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 13:21 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:11 |
| 92Steve OttC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:29 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:26 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:45 |
| 28Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:51 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:07 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:05 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:30 |
| 21Dwight KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 37Andreas MartinsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:42 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:38 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:58 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 60:00 |
| 35Al MontoyaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| 20Chris KreiderC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:31 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:44 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 12Matt PuempelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:38 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:52 |
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:04 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 73Brandon PirriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:16 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 4Adam ClendeningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 16:05 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:41 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:33 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:40 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 60:00 |
| 32Antti RaantaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |