🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 0-2 in series
4–3
Final / OT
MTL leads 4–1
🗽 Home Rangers 2-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
MTL 00004
NYR 00003

Canadiens at Rangers — Conference Finals Game 3

Canadiens, Conference Finals Game 3, beat Rangers 4–3 in overtime at Madison Square Garden on May 5, 1986.

🗓 Mon, May 5, 1986 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 1985-86 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Conference Finals — Best of 7

NYR vs MTL · MTL leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
1–2
Final · MTL
Game 2
2–6
Final · MTL
Game 3
4–3
OT · MTL
Game 4
0–2
Final · NYR
Game 5
1–3
Final · MTL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Claude Lemieux
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +1
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mats Naslund
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Larry Robinson
2 A
2 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL NYR🗽
29 Shots on goal 47
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
18 Penalty minutes 20
MTL shooting 13.8% (4/29) NYR shooting 6.4% (3/47)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 69:33 TOI
🗽Rangers
John Vanbiesbrouck
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 69:41 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 51-28-11 (57% win rate, 90 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 47-37-9 (51% win rate, 93 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 51-28-11 (57% win rate, 90 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 47-37-9 (51% win rate, 93 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 3, 1986
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–6 · Canadiens won
May 1, 1986
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 · Canadiens won
Jan 10, 1986
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
4–6 · Rangers won
Nov 16, 1985
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–2 (OT) · Rangers won
Nov 13, 1985
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
2–5 · Rangers won

❓ MTL vs NYR, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Rangers on May 5, 1986?

Canadiens won 4–3 in overtime.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Rangers?

The final score was Canadiens 4, Rangers 3, in overtime.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

John Vanbiesbrouck made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · May 3
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–6 · MTL won
Next game · May 7
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
0–2 · NYR won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · May 3
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–6 · MTL won
Next game · May 7
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
0–2 · NYR won
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