nhl Game Recap
Recap - Rangers Defeat Montreal 7-4
The Rangers got a 3-goal performance from Chris Kreider as New York handed Montreal a 7-4 defeat on Thursday at Madison Square Garden.
New York was favored by -252 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
New York got goals from Chris Kreider(3), Will Cuylle, Mika Zibanejad, Vincent Trocheck, and Kaapo Kakko in the victory. Kreider opened the scoring at 11:09 of the second period.
Jonathan Quick turned in a 31-save effort for the Rangers.
Montreal got goals from Cole Caufield(2), Jake Evans, and Juraj Slafkovsky in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Montreal got a 24-stop effort from Sam Montembeault in the loss.
On the power play, New York went 1-for-4, while the Canadiens were 1-for-5 with the man advantage.
Montreal outshot New York 35-31 in the game.
New York heads into a battle against the Islanders. Montreal, meanwhile, will have their next action against Washington.