Rangers beat struggling Canadiens to pick up fourth straight win
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[November 17, 2021] Chris
Kreider scored his team-leading 12th goal of the season as the New
York Rangers defeated the visiting Montreal Canadiens 3-2 Tuesday
night for their fourth consecutive victory.
Kaapo Kakko and Julien Gauthier also scored for the Rangers.
Goaltender Igor Shesterkin, who had to leave Saturday's victory
against Columbus in the third period after taking a knee to the head
and was checked for a concussion, returned to the net and showed no
ill effects in making 31 saves.
Christian Dvorak had a goal and an assist and Josh Anderson also
scored for the Canadiens, who have lost six of their past seven
games. Cayden Primeau, making his first NHL appearance of the season
for the injured Jake Allen, who was also involved in a collision
Saturday, stopped 31 of 34 shots.
The game ended with some acrimony. Montreal's Brendan Gallagher was
assessed a roughing penalty and a 10-minute misconduct following a
faceoff with 28 seconds remaining when he sucker-punched New York's
Barclay Goodrow. Anderson and the Rangers' Jacob Trouba fought just
after the final buzzer.

Kreider snapped a 1-1 tie at 3:50 of the second period. He broke out
of his own zone on a four-on-two break and made a cross-ice pass to
Mika Zibanejad, who fell to his knees in the neutral zone but was
able to regain his skates in time to take the pass and keep his
teammates onside. Zibanejad made a return pass to Kreider as he was
charging toward the left post and he tipped the puck past Primeau.
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New York Rangers right wing Kaapo Kakko
(24) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against
the Montreal Canadiens during the first period at Madison
Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Schneidler-USA TODAY
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Gauthier made it 3-1 with an unassisted goal at
1:56 of the third, putting a backhander over Primeau's pads while
falling to the ice after creating a turnover behind the net.
The Canadiens pulled back within a goal just 22 seconds later as
Anderson jumped on the rebound of a shot by Dvorak and put it past
Shesterkin.
The Rangers opened the scoring at 15:46 of the first. Artemi Panarin
collected a rebound of his own shot and fed a wide-open Kakko for a
one-timer in the low slot.
The Canadiens tied it at 2:17 of the second as Dvorak skated the
puck from behind the net and lifted a shot off Shesterkin's pads
before he could secure the post.
--Field Level Media
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