Coming off a dominant performance in Game Three, the Montreal Canadiens headed back to Madison Square Garden to get one win closer to the second round. But a poor showing will send both team back to the Bell Centre, turning this first-round matchup into a best-of-three series.
The New York Rangers came into the first period with an urgency that had been missing all series long. New York took advantage of Montreal’s slow start to pepper Carey Price with shots, but the Canadiens weathered the early storm.
Montreal got its first real scoring opportunity in the period, when Alex Galchenyuk sprung Andrew Shaw on a breakaway that was denied by Henrik Lundqvist.