As a result of a 3-1 win, they own a 2-1 series advantage.
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New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist makes a save against the Montreal Canadiens during the second period of Game 2 in an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series Friday, April 14, 2017, in Montreal. But the Rangers, up 1-0 on Tanner Glass’ fortuitous goal midway through the period, took the momentum after the intermission, and held the Canadiens to just 15 shots in the final two periods and the Blueshirts took Game 1, 2-0, as Lundqvist made 31 saves.
Lost in New York’s Game 2 loss was the 54 saves he made, a playoff career high for him.
Despite all the positives, there’s still one glaring issue with the Montreal Canadiens at the moment.
Montreal coach Claude Julien said he would announce any potential lineup changes Sunday before adding an illness has “been going around” the team.
“He has been an incredible mentor, for sure”, Lehkonen said. We played with a lot of confidence. “I thought we did a good job defensively and offensively, but also our special teams were very good tonight too”.
3rd Star: Shea Weber – While Weber’s 2016 playoff performance wasn’t pretty, that certainly hasn’t been the case yet in this series. Zuccarello tried to block the shot in front of Lundqvist, but the puck found the net anyway.
Game 4 is Tuesday at Madison Square Garden (7 p.m., CBC, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690). “Make them spend some time there to wear them down”.
“We weren’t great in Game 1”. Two days later, the Habs have regained home-ice advantage and likely feel much better about their position going forward. But penalties would eventually be New York’s downfall.
The first was a penalty on J.T. Miller for directing the puck with his hand on a faceoff.
Making matters even worse, the Oilers scored the only two goals of the game with San Jose on the power play.
A few minutes later, Lundqvist, playing without a stick, saved a slap shot from Weber before snagging Alex Galchenyuk’s rebound out of mid air.
Canadian-based teams were 0-5 in the postseason before last night’s wins by Montreal and Edmonton. “But it’s the playoffs”.
Long ago, the Rangers used to get kicked out of the Garden during the playoffs by the circus and played their “home” games either on the road or at a neutral site.
“We’re definitely fighting it a bit, to say the least”, NY captain Ryan McDonagh said. They need to replicate that as much as possible and the wins will come flooding in.
“I’m trying to keep up with them for the most part”, Crosby said. The revamped top 9 dominated overtime as well, out-Corsing the Rangers 21-16 and outchancing them 12-3 (4-0 high danger).
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist for the Pens, who head to Columbus for Game 3 on Sunday night. So that’s what we have to be aware of.
For veterans like Gallagher who have been through numerous ups and downs a hockey season provides for a team, they’re experienced in this sort of thing, especially in the postseason.
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NOTES: Rangers D Kevin Klein played after sitting out the first two games of the series. He is back in Montreal and considered day-to-day. Rangers D Nick Holden was a healthy scratch for the first time this season. He said Montreal was often able to break through the middle of the ice and get pucks deep into the Rangers’ end zone, leading to prolonged stretches of time in the Rangers’ defensive zone that ultimately led to scoring chances against.
