🗽 Away Rangers 28-10-4
1–4
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 16-20-8
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🗽 NYR 1001
🇨🇦 MTL 1304

Rangers at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Rangers 4–1 at Bell Centre on January 15, 2012.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2011-12 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Max Pacioretty
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 20:11 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
David Desharnais
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 20:32 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Erik Cole
3 A
1 shots · 20:39 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Max Pacioretty Go-ahead 1st · 02:39
Assists: Erik Cole, David Desharnais · beat Henrik Lundqvist
0–1
🗽 John Mitchell Tying 1st · 12:49
Assists: Derek Stepan, Marian Gaborik · beat Peter Budaj
1–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Max Pacioretty Go-ahead 2nd · 03:54
Assists: Erik Cole, David Desharnais · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–2
🇨🇦 Mike Blunden 2nd · 07:11
Assists: Scott Gomez, P.K. Subban · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–3
🇨🇦 David Desharnais 2nd · 12:18
Assists: Max Pacioretty, Erik Cole · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Stepan · Gaborik · Callahan 19:41
L2 Richards · Mitchell · Boyle 16:43
L3 Hagelin · Prust · Anisimov 15:10
L4 Rupp · Wolski · Newbury 6:20
D1 McDonagh · Girardi 29:36
D2 Staal · Stralman 18:46
D3 Del Zotto · Bickel 10:44
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Cole · Desharnais · Bourque 20:39
L2 Pacioretty · Plekanec · Blunden 18:13
L3 Darche · Kostitsyn · Gomez 13:43
L4 Moen · Eller 9:36
D1 Gorges · Subban 25:00
D2 Gill · Weber 16:14
D3 Diaz · Emelin 14:29
D4 Kaberle 8:33

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR MTL🇨🇦
29 Shots on goal 29
26 Hits 25
12 Blocked shots 18
0 Takeaways 9
12 Giveaways 15
7 Penalty minutes 7
NYR shooting 3.4% (1/29) MTL shooting 13.8% (4/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
25/29
.862 SV% · 4 GA · 59:50 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Peter Budaj
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Max Pacioretty · 1st 02:39 · 0–1 John Mitchell · 1st 12:49 · 1–1 Max Pacioretty · 2nd 03:54 · 1–2 Mike Blunden · 2nd 07:11 · 1–3 David Desharnais · 2nd 12:18 · 1–4
NYR MTL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 17-4-1 (77% win rate, 22 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 3-10-6 (16% win rate, 19 games)
After 2nd — 1–4
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canadiens lead the season series 2–1
Nov 192011 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–4 Nov 52011 🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR 3–5 Mar 182011 🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR 3–6 Feb 52011 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–2 Jan 152011 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3
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❓ NYR vs MTL, answered

Who won Rangers vs Canadiens on January 15, 2012?

Canadiens won 4–1. The final score was Rangers 1, Canadiens 4.

Who scored for Rangers?

John Mitchell.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Max Pacioretty (2), David Desharnais, Mike Blunden.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 25 saves on 29 shots (.862 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🗽 Rangers
BeforeJan 14 🗽NYR @ 🍁TOR 3–0 AfterJan 17 🐯NSH @ 🗽NYR 0–3
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeJan 14 🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 AfterJan 18 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–0
Also on January 15
🐧PIT 6–3 ⚡TBL 🌪️CAR 1–2 🦅WSH 🦈SJS 3–4 🪶CHI 👑LAK 1–2 🛢️EDM 🦆ANA 4–2 🐋VAN
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