The New York Rangers’ current captain sent 24 of their former players, including five ex-captains, and a sellout crowd of 18,006 on “The New Garden” night home happy after their most stirring win of the season.
J.T. Miller, named captain during training camp, scored his second goal of the game at 2:56 of overtime to cap New York’s comeback from a three-goal deficit and give the Blueshirts a 5-4 victory against the Montreal Canadiens at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.
With Montreal’s Jake Evans off for slashing Artemi Panarin, Miller took a pass from Mika Zibanejad and got every ounce of a one-timer from the right circle, beating rookie Jacob Fowler for the win – something that looked impossible after the Canadiens led 3-0 entering the final two minutes of the first period.