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New York Skates Past Montreal 3-1 - Recap

The Rangers earned a 3-1 victory over the Canadiens on Saturday at Bell Centre.

The Rangers were a -103 underdog in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 5.5.

Alexis Lafreniere, Chris Kreider, and Kevin Rooney each scored for the Rangers in the victory. Kreider opened the scoring for New York.

Igor Shesterkin stopped 31 of 32 Montreal shots in the victory.

Jonathan Drouin scored for the Canadiens, finding the net behind Igor Shesterkin.

Montreal got a 21-stop effort from Jake Allen in the loss.

On the power play, New York went 1-for-4, while the Canadiens were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

New York lost the shots on goal battle to Montreal by a margin of 32-24.

Next game, New York takes its act on the road to face Toronto looking for another win. For Montreal, they head home to face San Jose.