New York Rangers at Montreal Canadiens

· National Hockey League

New York Rangers

5-0-1

Final
7 - 2

Montreal Canadiens

2-4-1

Chytil scores twice, surging New York Rangers rout Montreal Canadiens 7-2

Filip Chytil led the Rangers with two goals, both on the power play. Mika Zibanejad, Jonny Brodzinski, Reilly Smith and Braden Schneider scored the other New York goals. Igor Shesterkin stopped 21 shots for the win.

Nick Suzuki scored twice for the Canadiens. They were his first goals of the season.

Sam Montembeault started in goal for Montreal but was replaced by Cayden Primeau after giving up four goals on 10 shots. Primeau made 32 saves in relief.

Takeaways Montreal held the NHL’s scoring leader Artemi Panarin to an assist but the Rangers — who have yet to suffer a regulation loss this season — displayed their superior depth.

The Canadiens were unable to compensate for the absence of Juraj Slafkovsky and Kaiden Guhle, who are both sidelined by upper-body injuries.

Key moment This game was effectively over when Zibanejad opened the scoring at the 54-second mark and Brodzinski made it 2-0 at 2:05.

Key stat Montembeault was pulled after Chytil scored a power-play goal to give the Rangers a 4-0 lead 11:05 into the game.

Up next The Rangers host the Panthers on Thursday. The Canadiens host the Blues on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

NYR lead series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 0:54	Mika Zibanejad Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Adam Fox (7), Artemi Panarin (7)
Goal	1st Period 2:05	Jonny Brodzinski Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Adam Edstrom (1), Braden Schneider (1)
Goal	1st Period 6:40	Reilly Smith Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: none
Goal	1st Period 11:05	Filip Chytil Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Reilly Smith (4), Kaapo Kakko (3)
Goal	1st Period 12:52	Nick Suzuki Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Josh Anderson (2), David Savard (1)
Goal	2nd Period 5:35	Nick Suzuki Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Mike Matheson (5), Kirby Dach (2)
Goal	2nd Period 8:57	Braden Schneider Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Filip Chytil (2), Kaapo Kakko (4)
Goal	3rd Period 15:41	Filip Chytil Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Will Cuylle (4), Sam Carrick (1)
Goal	3rd Period 16:19	Kaapo Kakko Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Will Cuylle (5), Victor Mancini (2)

Statistics

NYR		MTL
15	Blocked Shots	16
18	Hits	21
6	Takeaways	4
45	Shots	23
1	Power Play Goals	1
3	Power Play Opportunities	3
33.3	Power Play Percentage	33.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
24	Faceoffs Won	27
47.1	Faceoff Win Percent	52.9
16	Giveaways	23
6	Total Penalties	7
15	Penalty Minutes	25