This time, the Canadiens’ victory in New York didn’t require any overtime heroics from Carey Price.
Fresh off their emotional 2-1 home victory over P.K. Subban and the Nashville Predators on March 2, the Habs returned to Madison Square Garden on Saturday March 4, and thrashed the Rangers 4-1. Trade deadline acquisitions Dwight King, Andreas Martinsen, and Steve Ott all provided the physical presence that Marc Bergevin had hoped for, as his tweaked roster sent a message to their potential first round playoff opponents.
Shea Weber opened the scoring midway through the first period and, playing without the injured Alexander Radulov, the Habs’ shuffled lines picked up goals from Artturi Lehkonen and Andrew Shaw in the second.