After Monday night’s come-from-behind performance in Brooklyn, the Canadiens rolled into another borough of New York looking two more points. This time standing in their way were Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers. There were no lineup changes for Montreal, besides Carey Price taking over between the pipes at Madison Square Garden.
After a bit of an uneven first period against the Islanders the previous night, the Canadiens wasted no time finding the back of the net on Tuesday. Just 23 seconds in, Tomas Tatar scored his first goal in 10 games to put the Canadiens up early, with Jordie Benn and Jeff Petry each collecting an assist.