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2021-22 regular season

Rangers at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 1–0

Rangers beat Canadiens 3–1 at Bell Centre on October 16, 2021.

NYR – MTL
24–32
Shots on goal
1/4–0/3
Power play
23–31
Hits
18–13
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Mika Zibanejad
2 A
4 shots · 18:54 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Alexis Lafrenière
1 G
5 shots · 16:16 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Igor Shesterkin
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🗽 Chris Kreider PP Go-ahead 2nd · 09:59
Assists: Mika Zibanejad, Artemi Panarin · beat Jake Allen
1–0
3rd period
🇨🇦 Jonathan Drouin Tying 3rd · 09:24
Assists: Christian Dvorak, Brett Kulak · beat Igor Shesterkin
1–1
🗽 Alexis Lafrenière Go-ahead 3rd · 09:50
Assists: Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox · beat Jake Allen
2–1
🗽 Kevin Rooney Empty net 3rd · 19:50
Unassisted
3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Panarin · Kreider · Chytil 21:02
L2 Lafrenière · Zibanejad · Goodrow 17:56
L3 Blais · Rooney · Reaves 12:42
L4 Hunt · McKegg · Kakko 7:27
D1 Fox · Trouba 25:03
D2 Lindgren · Miller 18:14
D3 Nemeth · Lundkvist 14:16
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Drouin · Dvorak · Anderson 18:43
L2 Toffoli · Evans · Suzuki 16:00
L3 Armia · Gallagher · Caufield 15:17
L4 Lehkonen · Paquette · Perreault 9:08
D1 Chiarot · Petry 23:57
D2 Savard · Romanov 19:30
D3 Wideman · Kulak 13:29

Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR MTL🇨🇦
24 Shots on goal 32
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
23 Hits 31
18 Blocked shots 13
1 Takeaways 3
14 Giveaways 12
6 Penalty minutes 8
NYR shooting 12.5% (3/24) MTL shooting 3.1% (1/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Igor Shesterkin
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 59:23 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jake Allen
21/23
.913 SV% · 2 GA · 58:38 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Chris Kreider · 2nd 09:59 · 1–0 Jonathan Drouin · 3rd 09:24 · 1–1 Alexis Lafrenière · 3rd 09:50 · 2–1 Kevin Rooney · 3rd 19:50 · 3–1
NYR MTL
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Rangers lead the season series 1–0
Feb 272020 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–2 Dec 62019 🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR 2–1 Nov 232019 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–5 Mar 12019 🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR 4–2 Dec 12018 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–5
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Who won Rangers vs Canadiens on October 16, 2021?

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

Who scored for Rangers?

Alexis Lafrenière, Chris Kreider, Kevin Rooney.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Jonathan Drouin.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Igor Shesterkin made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jake Allen made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 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?

Rangers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🗽 Rangers
BeforeOct 14 ⭐DAL @ 🗽NYR 3–2 AfterOct 18 🗽NYR @ 🍁TOR 2–1
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeOct 14 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–5 AfterOct 19 🦈SJS @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–0
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