Before the game even started, there was drama fit for Broadway. Carey Price took a high shot off shoulder from Paul Byron in warmups, leaving the ice early. No worse for wear, he still started the game - his first in Madson Square Garden since the Kreider Incident.
The two teams wasted no time getting started, with a big Shea Weber block early on a nearly two-on-one chance for the Rangers after a Canadiens scoring chance went awry, keeping the game at zeroes.
Two minutes in, the Byron-Alex Galchenyuk-Brendan Gallagher line created a flurry of scoring chances in front of Henrik Lundqvist including a goal post but no luck for the Habs.