New York Rangers @ Montreal Canadiens
- Giveaway by Kirby Dach in neutral zone
- Sammy Blais shot blocked by Arber Xhekaj
- Jake Evans won faceoff against Filip Chytil in neutral zone
- Joel Armia credited with hit on Ryan Lindgren in offensive zone
- Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Filip Chytil in offensive zone
- Braden Schneider shot blocked by Josh Anderson
- Josh Anderson credited with hit on Braden Schneider in offensive zone
- Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj in defensive zone
- Giveaway by Jonathan Drouin in defensive zone
- Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Filip Chytil in offensive zone
- Giveaway by David Savard in defensive zone
- Ryan Lindgren shot blocked by Josh Anderson
- Giveaway by Jordan Harris in defensive zone
- Ben Harpur shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
- Joel Armia credited with hit on Ben Harpur in offensive zone
- Jake Evans credited with hit on Vitali Kravtsov in defensive zone
- Takeaway by Arber Xhekaj in defensive zone
- Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Mika Zibanejad in offensive zone
- Anthony Richard credited with hit on Braden Schneider in neutral zone
- Anthony Richard credited with hit on Alexis Lafreniere in offensive zone
- David Savard credited with hit on Kaapo Kakko in defensive zone
- Mika Zibanejad shot blocked by Jake Evans
- Jake Evans credited with hit on Adam Fox in defensive zone
- Shot on goal by Evgenii Dadonov saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Jacob Trouba shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
- Shot on goal by Kirby Dach saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Shot on goal by Joel Armia saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Vincent Trocheck in neutral zone
- Johnathan Kovacevic credited with hit on Ryan Lindgren in defensive zone
- Ryan Lindgren shot blocked by Kirby Dach
- Giveaway by Jordan Harris in defensive zone
- Takeaway by Cole Caufield in defensive zone
- Shot on goal by Kirby Dach saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Joel Edmundson credited with hit on Julien Gauthier in defensive zone
- Giveaway by Kirby Dach in defensive zone
- Vincent Trocheck shot blocked by Jake Evans
- Shot on goal by Joel Armia saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Shot missed by Josh Anderson
- Jake Evans won faceoff against Barclay Goodrow in defensive zone
- Shot missed by Cole Caufield
- Shot missed by Jake Evans
- Shot on goal by Josh Anderson saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Shot on goal by Evgenii Dadonov saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Joel Edmundson credited with hit on Adam Fox in defensive zone
- Ryan Lindgren shot blocked by David Savard
- Shot on goal by Arber Xhekaj saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Shot missed by Anthony Richard
- Kaapo Kakko shot blocked by Jonathan Drouin
- Giveaway by Chris Wideman in defensive zone
- Shot missed by Jonathan Drouin
- Shot on goal by Johnathan Kovacevic saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Arber Xhekaj credited with hit on Filip Chytil in defensive zone
- Arber Xhekaj credited with hit on Jimmy Vesey in defensive zone
- Jake Evans won faceoff against Mika Zibanejad in offensive zone
- Shot on goal by Evgenii Dadonov saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Shot missed by Joel Edmundson
- Jake Evans credited with hit on Ben Harpur in offensive zone
- Jake Evans credited with hit on Ryan Lindgren in offensive zone
- Giveaway by Joel Edmundson in defensive zone
- Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Vincent Trocheck in defensive zone
- Takeaway by Cole Caufield in neutral zone
- Shot missed by Cole Caufield
- Jimmy Vesey shot blocked by Chris Wideman
- Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Barclay Goodrow in offensive zone
- Shot missed by Chris Wideman
- Shot on goal by Cole Caufield saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Barclay Goodrow in offensive zone
- Barclay Goodrow shot blocked by Kirby Dach
- Jacob Trouba shot blocked by Kirby Dach
- Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Artemi Panarin in defensive zone
- Giveaway by Johnathan Kovacevic in defensive zone
- Shot on goal by Kirby Dach saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Filip Chytil in defensive zone
- Juraj Slafkovsky credited with hit on Braden Schneider in offensive zone
- Shot on goal by Arber Xhekaj saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Mika Zibanejad in offensive zone
- Shot missed by Kirby Dach
- Michael Pezzetta credited with hit on Barclay Goodrow in defensive zone
- Joel Edmundson credited with hit on Vitali Kravtsov in defensive zone
- Takeaway by Evgenii Dadonov in neutral zone
- Shot missed by Evgenii Dadonov
- Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Vincent Trocheck in offensive zone
- Takeaway by Johnathan Kovacevic in defensive zone
- Mika Zibanejad shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
- Takeaway by Jonathan Drouin in offensive zone
- Michael Pezzetta credited with hit on Ben Harpur in offensive zone
- Michael Pezzetta credited with hit on Sammy Blais in offensive zone
- Filip Chytil shot blocked by Arber Xhekaj
- Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Mika Zibanejad in offensive zone
- Shot on goal by Josh Anderson saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Penalty to Arber Xhekaj 2 minutes for Slashing Chris Kreider
- Jacob Trouba shot blocked by Cole Caufield
- Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Chris Kreider in defensive zone
- Jake Evans won faceoff against Mika Zibanejad in offensive zone
- Takeaway by Christian Dvorak in defensive zone
- Shot missed by Josh Anderson
- Shot on goal by Josh Anderson saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Cole Caufield credited with hit on Kaapo Kakko in defensive zone
- Takeaway by Johnathan Kovacevic in defensive zone
- Goal scored by Joel Armia assisted by Arber Xhekaj and Jake Evans
- Shot on goal by David Savard saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Shot missed by Jake Evans
- Shot missed by Josh Anderson
- Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Barclay Goodrow in offensive zone
- Shot on goal by Joel Edmundson saved by Jaroslav Halak
- Artemi Panarin shot blocked by Cole Caufield
- Jake Evans won faceoff against Mika Zibanejad in defensive zone
- Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Mika Zibanejad in defensive zone
- Shot missed by Joel Armia
- Penalty to Joel Armia 2 minutes for Cross Checking Ryan Lindgren
- Jake Evans won faceoff against Vincent Trocheck in defensive zone
- Penalty to Montreal Canadiens 2 minutes for Too Many Men on the Ice (served by Cole Caufield)
- Giveaway by David Savard in defensive zone
- Mika Zibanejad won faceoff against Kirby Dach in neutral zone
- Braden Schneider credited with hit on Christian Dvorak in neutral zone
- Giveaway by Ben Harpur in defensive zone
- Takeaway by Julien Gauthier in offensive zone
- Ryan Lindgren credited with hit on Michael Pezzetta in neutral zone
- Filip Chytil won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
- David Savard shot blocked by Jacob Trouba
- Jacob Trouba credited with hit on Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
- Shot on goal by K'Andre Miller saved by Jake Allen
- Shot missed by Vincent Trocheck
- Shot on goal by Julien Gauthier saved by Jake Allen
- Barclay Goodrow won faceoff against Jonathan Drouin in offensive zone
- Giveaway by Ben Harpur in defensive zone
- Chris Wideman shot blocked by Ben Harpur
- Chris Wideman shot blocked by Filip Chytil
- Alexis Lafreniere credited with hit on Chris Wideman in offensive zone
- Christian Dvorak shot blocked by Jacob Trouba
- Johnathan Kovacevic shot blocked by Ben Harpur
- Shot on goal by Jacob Trouba saved by Jake Allen
- Alexis Lafreniere credited with hit on Arber Xhekaj in neutral zone
- Adam Fox credited with hit on Nick Suzuki in neutral zone
- Takeaway by K'Andre Miller in defensive zone
- Shot on goal by Kaapo Kakko saved by Jake Allen
- Chris Kreider won faceoff against Jake Evans in offensive zone
- Shot on goal by Adam Fox saved by Jake Allen
- Vincent Trocheck won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
- Vincent Trocheck credited with hit on Jordan Harris in offensive zone
- Mika Zibanejad won faceoff against Jake Evans in defensive zone
- Vincent Trocheck credited with hit on Cole Caufield in defensive zone
- Shot on goal by Julien Gauthier saved by Jake Allen
- Shot missed by Adam Fox
- Vincent Trocheck won faceoff against Jake Evans in neutral zone
- Giveaway by Jacob Trouba in defensive zone
- Vincent Trocheck won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in defensive zone
- Alexis Lafreniere credited with hit on Arber Xhekaj in neutral zone
- Shot on goal by Filip Chytil saved by Jake Allen
- Shot on goal by Braden Schneider saved by Jake Allen
- Giveaway by Ryan Lindgren in defensive zone
- Jonathan Drouin shot blocked by Adam Fox
- Johnathan Kovacevic shot blocked by Barclay Goodrow
- David Savard shot blocked by Ryan Lindgren
- Shot missed by Kaapo Kakko
- Giveaway by K'Andre Miller in defensive zone
- K'Andre Miller credited with hit on Kirby Dach in defensive zone
- Penalty to New York Rangers 2 minutes for Too Many Men on the Ice (served by Vitali Kravtsov)
- Mika Zibanejad won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
- Takeaway by K'Andre Miller in defensive zone
- Mika Zibanejad won faceoff against Josh Anderson in defensive zone
- Takeaway by Chris Kreider in defensive zone
- Goal scored by Chris Kreider (SHG)
- Shot on goal by Adam Fox saved by Jake Allen
- Shot on goal by Vincent Trocheck saved by Jake Allen
- Vincent Trocheck credited with hit on Cole Caufield in offensive zone
- Shot missed by Vincent Trocheck
- Alexis Lafreniere won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
- Jimmy Vesey credited with hit on Johnathan Kovacevic in offensive zone
- Shot missed by Ben Harpur
- Giveaway by Julien Gauthier in defensive zone
- Barclay Goodrow won faceoff against Jonathan Drouin in defensive zone
- Shot on goal by Kaapo Kakko saved by Jake Allen
- Jake Evans shot blocked by Braden Schneider
- Goal scored by Braden Schneider assisted by Artemi Panarin and Vitali Kravtsov
- K'Andre Miller credited with hit on Cole Caufield in defensive zone
- Shot missed by Filip Chytil
- Goal scored by Filip Chytil assisted by Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey
- Barclay Goodrow won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
- Sammy Blais credited with hit on Jordan Harris in neutral zone
- Jake Evans shot blocked by Mika Zibanejad
- Shot on goal by Braden Schneider saved by Jake Allen
- Giveaway by Jacob Trouba in defensive zone
- Shot missed by Adam Fox
- Filip Chytil won faceoff against Jonathan Drouin in defensive zone
- Mika Zibanejad won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
- Julien Gauthier credited with hit on Chris Wideman in offensive zone
- Shot on goal by Jacob Trouba saved by Jake Allen
- Chris Kreider won faceoff against Jake Evans in offensive zone
- Shot on goal by Braden Schneider saved by Jake Allen
- Shot on goal by Ben Harpur saved by Jake Allen
- Josh Anderson shot blocked by Adam Fox
- Takeaway by Vitali Kravtsov in offensive zone
- Vincent Trocheck won faceoff against Jake Evans in defensive zone
- Shot on goal by Vitali Kravtsov saved by Jake Allen
- Shot on goal by Jacob Trouba saved by Jake Allen
- Filip Chytil won faceoff against Jake Evans in offensive zone
- Shot on goal by Ben Harpur saved by Jake Allen
- Josh Anderson shot blocked by Braden Schneider
- Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Jimmy Vesey
- Giveaway by Braden Schneider in defensive zone
- Shot missed by Chris Kreider
- Giveaway by Mika Zibanejad in defensive zone
- Michael Pezzetta shot blocked by Ryan Lindgren
- Joel Armia shot blocked by Braden Schneider
- Shot missed by Alexis Lafreniere
- Shot on goal by Mika Zibanejad saved by Jake Allen
- Shot missed by Mika Zibanejad
- Shot on goal by Barclay Goodrow saved by Jake Allen
- Alexis Lafreniere credited with hit on Johnathan Kovacevic in defensive zone
- Penalty to Artemi Panarin 2 minutes for Tripping Jordan Harris
- Mika Zibanejad won faceoff against Jonathan Drouin in defensive zone
- Shot missed by Chris Kreider
- Vincent Trocheck won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in offensive zone
- Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Adam Fox
- Shot on goal by Chris Kreider saved by Jake Allen
- Johnathan Kovacevic shot blocked by Jacob Trouba
- Shot on goal by Jacob Trouba saved by Jake Allen
- Shot on goal by Sammy Blais saved by Jake Allen
- Mika Zibanejad credited with hit on Jake Evans in defensive zone
- Shot on goal by Kaapo Kakko saved by Jake Allen
- Shot on goal by Chris Kreider saved by Jake Allen
- Shot missed by Mika Zibanejad
- Vincent Trocheck won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
- Shot on goal by Mika Zibanejad saved by Jake Allen
- Shot missed by Adam Fox
- Goal scored by Filip Chytil assisted by Adam Fox and K'Andre Miller (PPG)
- Shot on goal by Alexis Lafreniere saved by Jake Allen
- Filip Chytil won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
- Shot missed by Kaapo Kakko
RANGERS
CANADIENS
| TIME | PLAY | NYR | MTL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Start of 1st period | 0 | 0 | |
| 0:00 | Jake Evans won faceoff against Filip Chytil in neutral zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 0:28 | Stoppage - Offside | 0 | 0 | |
| 0:28 | Mika Zibanejad won faceoff against Kirby Dach in neutral zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 0:49 | Giveaway by Kirby Dach in neutral zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 1:18 | Braden Schneider credited with hit on Christian Dvorak in neutral zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 1:42 | Giveaway by Ben Harpur in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 2:25 | Takeaway by Julien Gauthier in offensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 2:28 | Sammy Blais shot blocked by Arber Xhekaj | 0 | 0 | |
| 2:35 | Ryan Lindgren credited with hit on Michael Pezzetta in neutral zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 2:37 | Stoppage - Offside | 0 | 0 | |
| 2:37 | Jake Evans won faceoff against Filip Chytil in neutral zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 3:16 | Joel Armia credited with hit on Ryan Lindgren in offensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 3:20 | Stoppage - Icing | 0 | 0 | |
| 3:20 | Filip Chytil won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 3:31 | Stoppage - Icing | 0 | 0 | |
| 3:31 | Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Filip Chytil in offensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 3:36 | David Savard shot blocked by Jacob Trouba | 0 | 0 | |
| 3:55 | Jacob Trouba credited with hit on Nick Suzuki in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 4:15 | Shot on goal by K'Andre Miller saved by Jake Allen | 0 | 0 | |
| 4:57 | Braden Schneider shot blocked by Josh Anderson | 0 | 0 | |
| 5:11 | Shot missed by Vincent Trocheck | 0 | 0 | |
| 5:23 | Josh Anderson credited with hit on Braden Schneider in offensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 5:52 | Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 5:55 | Shot on goal by Julien Gauthier saved by Jake Allen | 0 | 0 | |
| 5:55 | Stoppage - Puck in Netting | 0 | 0 | |
| 5:55 | Barclay Goodrow won faceoff against Jonathan Drouin in offensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 6:19 | Giveaway by Jonathan Drouin in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 7:24 | Giveaway by Ben Harpur in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 7:26 | Chris Wideman shot blocked by Ben Harpur | 0 | 0 | |
| 7:27 | Stoppage - Puck in Netting | 0 | 0 | |
| 7:27 | Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Filip Chytil in offensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 7:29 | Chris Wideman shot blocked by Filip Chytil | 0 | 0 | |
| 8:27 | Alexis Lafreniere credited with hit on Chris Wideman in offensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 8:31 | Christian Dvorak shot blocked by Jacob Trouba | 0 | 0 | |
| 8:50 | Giveaway by David Savard in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 8:51 | Ryan Lindgren shot blocked by Josh Anderson | 0 | 0 | |
| 10:06 | Giveaway by Jordan Harris in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 10:06 | Ben Harpur shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic | 0 | 0 | |
| 10:15 | Johnathan Kovacevic shot blocked by Ben Harpur | 0 | 0 | |
| 10:20 | Joel Armia credited with hit on Ben Harpur in offensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 10:28 | Jake Evans credited with hit on Vitali Kravtsov in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:05 | Shot on goal by Jacob Trouba saved by Jake Allen | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:23 | Alexis Lafreniere credited with hit on Arber Xhekaj in neutral zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:53 | Takeaway by Arber Xhekaj in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:52 | Stoppage - Icing | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:52 | Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Mika Zibanejad in offensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 13:30 | Adam Fox credited with hit on Nick Suzuki in neutral zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 14:00 | Takeaway by K'Andre Miller in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 14:44 | Anthony Richard credited with hit on Braden Schneider in neutral zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 14:59 | Anthony Richard credited with hit on Alexis Lafreniere in offensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 16:15 | Shot on goal by Kaapo Kakko saved by Jake Allen | 0 | 0 | |
| 16:16 | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG) | 0 | 0 | |
| 16:16 | Chris Kreider won faceoff against Jake Evans in offensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 16:20 | Shot on goal by Adam Fox saved by Jake Allen | 0 | 0 | |
| 16:30 | David Savard credited with hit on Kaapo Kakko in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 16:37 | Mika Zibanejad shot blocked by Jake Evans | 0 | 0 | |
| 16:46 | Jake Evans credited with hit on Adam Fox in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 16:52 | Shot on goal by Evgenii Dadonov saved by Jaroslav Halak | 0 | 0 | |
| 16:53 | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG) | 0 | 0 | |
| 16:53 | Vincent Trocheck won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 17:12 | Jacob Trouba shot blocked by Nick Suzuki | 0 | 0 | |
| 17:29 | Vincent Trocheck credited with hit on Jordan Harris in offensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 17:40 | Shot on goal by Kirby Dach saved by Jaroslav Halak | 0 | 0 | |
| 17:42 | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG) | 0 | 0 | |
| 17:42 | Mika Zibanejad won faceoff against Jake Evans in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 17:44 | Shot on goal by Joel Armia saved by Jaroslav Halak | 0 | 0 | |
| 18:11 | Stoppage - Offside | 0 | 0 | |
| 18:11 | Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Vincent Trocheck in neutral zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 18:30 | Johnathan Kovacevic credited with hit on Ryan Lindgren in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 18:40 | Ryan Lindgren shot blocked by Kirby Dach | 0 | 0 | |
| 18:51 | Giveaway by Jordan Harris in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 18:57 | Takeaway by Cole Caufield in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 19:04 | Vincent Trocheck credited with hit on Cole Caufield in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 19:08 | Shot on goal by Kirby Dach saved by Jaroslav Halak | 0 | 0 | |
| 19:20 | Shot on goal by Julien Gauthier saved by Jake Allen | 0 | 0 | |
| 19:23 | Joel Edmundson credited with hit on Julien Gauthier in defensive zone | 0 | 0 | |
| 20:00 | End of 1st period | 0 | 0 | |
Regular Season Series
NYR lead 1-0
Game Information
Bell Centre
12:00 AM, 6 January 2023
Montreal, QC
Attendance: 21,105
- Referees:
- Eric Furlatt
- Kevin Pollock
- Linesmen:
- Steve Barton
- Kiel Murchison
2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings
| Team | W | L | OTL | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina | 24 | 12 | 3 | 51 |
| NY Islanders | 22 | 14 | 4 | 48 |
| Philadelphia | 20 | 12 | 7 | 47 |
| Washington | 21 | 14 | 5 | 47 |
| New Jersey | 21 | 17 | 2 | 44 |
| Pittsburgh | 17 | 12 | 9 | 43 |
| NY Rangers | 19 | 18 | 5 | 43 |
| Columbus | 17 | 16 | 6 | 40 |

