New York Rangers at Montréal Canadiens

Thu, Feb 22, 2018 · Centre Bell · 2017–18 Regular Season

New York Rangers

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Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 3–1 on Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at Centre Bell. Tomas Plekanec led the way with 2 points. Antti Niemi made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–41.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	0	0	1	1	32
MTL	1	1	1	3	41

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:59	MTL	EV	Tomas Plekanec (6) · wrist	Paul Byron (11), Brendan Gallagher (15)	0–1
2nd	03:50	MTL	EV	Jeff Petry (10) · wrist	Charles Hudon (15), Nicolas Deslauriers (4)	0–2
3rd	17:00	NYR	PP	Kevin Hayes (15) · tip-in	Tony DeAngelo (6), David Desharnais (20)	1–2
3rd	18:43	MTL	SH EN	Phillip Danault (8) · wrist	Tomas Plekanec (18), Jordie Benn (7)	1–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:30	MTL	Logan Shaw	tripping	2
1st	08:47	NYR	John Gilmour	holding	2
1st	15:21	MTL	Artturi Lehkonen	hooking	2
1st	16:22	NYR	Brady Skjei	holding the stick	2
1st	19:46	NYR	Neal Pionk	slashing	2
2nd	05:13	NYR	Marc Staal	hooking	2
2nd	19:23	NYR	Kevin Hayes	hooking	2
3rd	04:52	MTL	Jordie Benn	interference	2
3rd	15:23	MTL	Charles Hudon	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NYR 2.31 · MTL 5.04 · xG% NYR 31.4

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	Tony DeAngelo	D	0	1	1	0	0	5	2	3		18:38	25
13	Kevin Hayes	R	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	60.0	17:05	24
51	David Desharnais	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	3	64.3	15:34	20
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	3		26:37	31
44	Neal Pionk	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	2		23:46	30
58	John Gilmour	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	4		19:13	27
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0		18:45	23
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	0	0	-2	0	6	2	3	28.6	18:10	21
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	50.0	18:08	22
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0	100.0	16:25	18
17	Jesper Fast	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0		15:36	24
28	Paul Carey	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	15:26	22
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		14:39	18
46	Rob O'Gara	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	3		13:35	19
18	Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		13:23	23
12	Peter Holland	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	37.5	11:54	19
95	Vinni Lettieri	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	7:21	15
8	Cody McLeod	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2		7:19	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
90	Alexandar Georgiev	L	40	38	2	.950	58:25

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0	66.7	13:37	20
26	Jeff Petry	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	5	1		23:31	27
8	Jordie Benn	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	1		17:29	25
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	1	1	+2	0	6	0	0	40.0	17:09	20
24	Phillip Danault	C	1	0	1	+2	0	4	0	0	57.1	16:12	23
54	Charles Hudon	L	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	2	100.0	14:04	17
41	Paul Byron	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		13:15	19
20	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	0	100.0	12:02	16
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	1	50.0	21:41	23
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	26.7	20:56	22
45	Joe Morrow	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		19:50	25
53	Victor Mete	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		18:02	25
58	Noah Juulsen	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	4	1		17:14	25
22	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		16:52	24
27	Alex Galchenyuk	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		16:02	18
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0		14:29	20
42	Byron Froese	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	40.0	10:17	15
49	Logan Shaw	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2		9:41	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	Antti Niemi	W	32	31	1	.969	60:00