MONTREAL — Alexei Emelin, Max Pacioretty and Paul Byron scored in a 62-second span of the third period to lift the Canadiens over the Rangers 5-4 on Saturday night.
Alex Galchenyuk scored in his return after injuring his knee Dec. 4, and Brian Flynn also had a goal for Montreal.
Brandon Pirri, Rick Nash, J.T. Miler and Derek Stepan scored for the Rangers, who were coming off a 4-2 loss at home to Toronto on Friday night. It was the first time in eight occasions New York failed to win the second of back-to-back games this season.