Canadiens 3–1 Rangers — Final Score & Stats (Mar 16, 2010)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Tomas Plekanec

1 G

4 shots · 20:10 TOI

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Sergei Kostitsyn

1 G

2 shots · 12:45 TOI

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Glen Metropolit

1 G

2 shots · 11:18 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Glen Metropolit PP Go-ahead 1st · 03:34

Assists: Andrei Markov, Scott Gomez · beat Henrik Lundqvist

1–0

2nd period

🗽 Sean Avery Tying 2nd · 02:02

Assists: Matt Gilroy, Chris Drury · beat Jaroslav Halak

1–1

3rd period

🇨🇦 Sergei Kostitsyn Go-ahead 3rd · 05:59

Assists: Travis Moen, Dominic Moore · beat Henrik Lundqvist

2–1

🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec SH Empty net 3rd · 19:24

Assists: Hal Gill

3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Pouliot · Plekanec · Gionta 19:58

L2 Moen · Kostitsyn · Gomez 13:28

L3 Kostitsyn · Moore · Metropolit 12:23

L4 Darche · Pyatt · Lapierre 10:22

D1 Hamrlik · Gorges 23:00

D2 Spacek · Markov 20:00

D3 Gill · O'Byrne 16:59

🗽Rangers

L1 Prospal · Gaborik · Callahan 19:24

L2 Drury · Dubinsky · Jokinen 17:00

L3 Avery · Christensen · Anisimov 14:12

L4 Prust · Shelley · Boyle 9:44

D1 Staal · Rozsival 23:52

D2 Girardi · Redden 18:46

D3 Del Zotto · Gilroy 15:44

Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL NYR🗽

35 Shots on goal 20

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5

23 Hits 27

10 Blocked shots 7

9 Takeaways 8

1 Giveaways 6

12 Penalty minutes 25

MTL shooting 8.6% (3/35) NYR shooting 5.0% (1/20)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jaroslav Halak

19/20

.950 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗽Rangers

Henrik Lundqvist

32/34

.941 SV% · 2 GA · 59:07 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located

MTL NYR

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-6-1 (59% win rate, 17 games)

Rangers

Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-10-2 (25% win rate, 16 games)

After 2nd — 1–1

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 8-5-3 (50% win rate, 16 games)

Rangers

Rangers — tied after 2nd: 4-6-4 (29% win rate, 14 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 3–1

Jan 232010 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–6 Jan 172010 🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR 2–6 Oct 242009 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–5 OT Apr 72009 🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR 1–3 Mar 172009 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–3 SO

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Who won Canadiens vs Rangers on March 16, 2010?

Canadiens won 3–1. The final score was Canadiens 3, Rangers 1.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Glen Metropolit, Sergei Kostitsyn, Tomas Plekanec.

Who scored for Rangers?

Sean Avery.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Rangers played?

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

What is the Canadiens vs Rangers season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🇨🇦 Canadiens

BeforeMar 13 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 AfterMar 20 🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR 2–3

🗽 Rangers

BeforeMar 14 🔔PHI @ 🗽NYR 1–3 AfterMar 18 🎵STL @ 🗽NYR 4–3

Also on March 16

🐻BOS 5–2 🌪️CAR ⚔️BUF 3–4 🐦ATL 🍁TOR 4–1 🏛️OTT 🌵PHX 2–1 ⚡TBL 🦅WSH 7–3 🐆FLA 🏔️COL 5–3 🎵STL 🔔PHI 3–4 🐯NSH 🛢️EDM 2–4 🌲MIN

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