Rangers Fall 5-1 to the Montreal Canadiens

Buffalo goalie Linus Ullmark was pulled after allowing three goals on eight shots.

Elsewhere, Pittsburgh beat St. Louis 4-3 in overtime, Ottawa held on to defeat Colorado 5-3, Chicago topped San Jose 5-2, and Tampa Bay beat Los Angeles 2-1 in a shootout.

This is a hard setback for Price and the Canadiens if the 28-year-old is forced to miss significant time, especially since he dealt with injuries earlier in the season. With a little over two minutes remaining in the period, Ryan McDonagh unleashed a booming slap shot from the point, and beat Carey Price over the shoulder.

“I told him today on the ice”, Therrien said. We’ll see what the update is on Price later Thursday.

Condon, who was 5-2-2 in Price’s recent absence, looked tired in his last three starts for Montreal. When Carey Price went down with an injury, Condon stepped into the line-up on an everyday basis. But Condon has been a great story this season considering the path he took to get to the National Hockey League.

The backup, Antti Raanta (4-0), has a. 955 save percentage. He stopped 11 of 11 shots against the Rangers after hitting a rough patch for a few games. “If (the Canadiens) play a hundred foot, a hundred fifty foot, game they are a very deadly team”. “I think it’s a combination of where I have to be on my toes and, as a group, we need to be on our toes”. The short answer: Darn right the Canadiens should be anxious. They also had a lot of momentum heading out of the power play even when they didn’t score, so at least that was a positive to take away from the game. He’s learning the game. Not only are these teams the most valuable in terms of dollar-value, but have proven to be the Eastern Conference’s best teams to this point of the season, multiple wins up on the next closest teams chasing them in the standings. And now he’s hurt again.

NOTES: Before the game, Montreal general manager and executive vice president Marc Bergevin was given a multiyear contract extension through the 2021-22 season….

The Washington Capitals are also on a three-game winning run after seeing off the Winnipeg Jets 5-3, while Antoine Vermette scored twice to help the Arizona Coyotes down the Anaheim Ducks 4-2. What about the Calgary Flames, with Jonas Hiller on the mend, giving them a surplus of goalies? He came into training camp this season as the underdog to make the roster but he played well throughout preseason which eventually earned him a spot on the roster. Playing against a high-caliber team like Montreal’s will push Nash to continue building on an ordinary start to the year.

The Rangers had difficulty sustaining any type of offensive pressure in the Canadiens defensive zone, making Price’s job easy.