Canadiens 5, Rangers 1

On their fourth man-advantage of the game, the third of the period, he scored a power goal injecting life in the team and giving the crowd something to cheer about.

ABOUT THE CANADIENS (16-4-2): Montreal will be without nine-goal scorer Brendan Gallagher, who fractured two fingers while blocking a shot Sunday and will be out indefinitely. That changed in the last few days, with Montreal forwards Devante Smith-Pelly and Torrey Mitchell both ailing, leading to the recalls of Andrighetto, who played for the Canadiens Sunday in their 4-2 win over the NY Islanders, and then of Holloway. Their chances looked even stronger when Carey Price remained in the locker room, and Mike Condon replaced him for the third period.

“We made it 2-1 and spent a lot of time in their end”, said head coach Alain Vigneault to reporters after the game.

Price, last year’s victor of the Hart and Vezina trophies, is 9-2-0 this season with a 2.10 goals-against average and.

They were getting picked apart by the Canadians, but things were briefly looking up for the Rangers at the start of the third period Wednesday night. This was his third game back.

“We have confidence in him”, Therrien said.

Price suffered a non-contact injury while maneuvering side to side in the crease during the second period of a 5-1 win at Madison Square Garden.

“To be a really good team I think all of us have to play our best starting with me, and I didn’t”, Lundqvist said.

Pacioretty finished off the scoring, and finished Lundqvst’s night early when he tucked in a flawless pass from Galchenyuk on a power play midway through the third period.

Rick Nash scored for the Rangers in their largest loss of the season. Lars Eller deflected a point shot by P.K. Subban and the puck went to a wide-open Andrighetto for a shot into the net before Lundqvist could get across.

“It seems to be the same story against these guys every time”, Girardi said. “When you make the type of mistakes we made tonight, they are going to make you pay for it and that’s what happened”. D Greg Pateryn sat out…. Henrik Lundqvist attempted to slide back over to get a piece of the rebound, but the puck slipped between his legs and gave Montreal an early 1-0 lead. Rangers defenseman Dylan McIlrath and forward Emerson Etem were healthy scratches….