Jonathan Quick made 33 saves for the Rangers but was denied his 400th NHL win for the third straight game. He would be the first U.S.-born goalie to reach the mark.
“I think he played great and made some big saves, especially at the start of the third,” Rangers defenseman Adam Fox said. “Obviously we want to get the two points for the team but also for a guy that’s bailed us out a lot and been there for us since he’s been here, I think we want to reciprocate that.”
Alexis Lafreniere, Will Cuylle, Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider scored, and Fox had two assists for New York (22-20-4), which extended its point streak to eight games (5-0-3).
“We hit the post twice in the third, we could have put the game away then, as well, and it didn’t bounce our way,” Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said. “We had two point-blank chances in overtime; that didn’t go our way either. It’s tough to leave the points on the table, and we’re searching for points, but I thought that the guys gave everything, especially in the circumstances, gave everything for 65 minutes.”
Lafreniere put the Rangers up 1-0 at 11:17 of the first period. He shot between Dobes’ glove and left pad after the puck dropped into the goalmouth when K’Andre Miller’s shot came back off the end boards.
Brendan Gallagher tied it 1-1 at 13:52 when he tipped Christian Dvorak’s shot between Quick’s legs.
Cuylle gave New York a 2-1 lead at 14:38 with a low shot past Dobes’ glove from the slot after dropping to one knee to cut off a clearing attempt by Canadiens defenseman Arber Xhekaj.
Dvorak tied it 2-2 at 5:07 of the second when his shot from the right side of the slot deflected into the net off New York forward Filip Chytil’s stick.
Zibanejad’s wrist shot from the high slot on the power play made it 3-2 at 10:24.
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