This time, the comeback fell short in regulation.
After wiping out two-goal deficits in back-to-back games to take two of the Eastern Conference’s best to overtime — only to come up short in both — the Rangers took the more simple route to a loss Friday, falling to the Canadiens 4-2 at the Garden.
Brendan Lemieux scored his first goal as a Ranger to make it a 3-2 game with 2:32 left, shoving a loose puck home with Carey Price scrambling to get back in net.