New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, February 22, 2018 · Centre Bell
TSN2 · RDS · MSG 2
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Thursday, February 22, 2018 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 41-32.
Goals came from Tomas Plekanec, Jeff Petry, Kevin Hayes and Phillip Danault.
Antti Niemi made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 38 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Plekanec (6)Paul Byron (11), Brendan Gallagher (15)0–106:59 MTL
2nd period
Jeff Petry (10)Charles Hudon (15), Nicolas Deslauriers (4)0–203:50 MTL
3rd period
Kevin Hayes (15)Tony DeAngelo (6), David Desharnais (20)1–217:00 NYR · PPG
Phillip Danault (8)Tomas Plekanec (18), Jordie Benn (7)1–318:43 MTL · EN
Team stats
NYRMTL
32Shots on goal41
51%Faceoff %49%
1/4Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes8
23Hits28
24Blocked shots14
14Giveaways20
6Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 02:30
Logan Shaw · tripping2 min - 1st 08:47
John Gilmour · holding2 min - 1st 15:21Artturi Lehkonen · hooking2 min
- 1st 16:22Brady Skjei · holding the stick2 min
- 1st 19:46Neal Pionk · slashing2 min
- 2nd 05:13Marc Staal · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:23Kevin Hayes · hooking2 min
- 3rd 04:52Jordie Benn · interference2 min
- 3rd 15:23Charles Hudon · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 13Kevin HayesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:34 |
| 77Tony DeAngeloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:38 |
| 8Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:19 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:08 |
| 12Peter HollandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:54 |
| 17Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:36 |
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 28Paul CareyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:45 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 16:25 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 18:10 |
| 95Vinni LettieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:21 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:23 |
| 44Neal PionkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:46 |
| 46Rob O'GaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:35 |
| 58John GilmourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:13 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 26:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Alexandar GeorgievG | L | 40 | 38 | 2 | .950 | 58:25 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:37 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 17:09 |
| 20Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:02 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 16:12 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 54Charles HudonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:04 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:29 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:31 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:02 |
| 42Byron FroeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:17 |
| 49Logan ShawR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:41 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:29 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 21:41 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:56 |
| 22Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 45Joe MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:50 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 58Noah JuulsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 17:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Antti NiemiG | W | 32 | 31 | 1 | .969 | 60:00 |
| 39Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |