The Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers continue their first-round playoff series tonight at Madison Square Garden. Here is all the information you need to watch the game.
TheNew York Rangersand Montreal Canadiens split the first two games of the series at the Bell Centre. They will now move to Madison Square Garden for Game three with control of the series up for grabs.
The Rangers won Game One behind a stellar performance fromHenrik Lundqvist. The Rangers shut out the Canadiens, winning 2-0. Montreal would bounce back in Game Two, evening the series up with a 4-3 overtime victory.
Despite the high scoring second game, both goalies have played well. Lundqvist has saved 85 of the 89 shots he has faced. The Canadiens have put much more pressure on Lundqvist than the Rangers have put onCarey Price. Price has faced only 68 shots, stopping 64 of them.
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The Rangers have only one player with multiple points thus far in the series.Michael Grabneris that player, scoring two goals thus far.Tanner Glass,Mats Zuccarello, andRick Nashare the only other players to score goals for the Rangers.
The Canadiens have two players with multiple points in the series.Alexander Radulovleads the team with three points, scoring one goal with two assists. No Canadiens player has multiple goals scored, butTomas Plekanechas multiple points with one goal and one assist.
Which team will be able to take control with a 2-1 series lead in Game 3? Will the Rangers figure things out on their home ice? The Canadiens won both meetings in the regular season at Madison Square Garden.
The Rangers were able to win their final two regular-season games at Madison Square Garden after going eight straight games without a win there; they went from February 19th until April 2nd with a win at home. Will the Canadiens continue their winning streak at Madison Square Garden, or will the Rangers keep their home winning streak alive?
We will have to wait and find out. Here is all the information you will need to watch the Canadiens and Rangers tonight in Game Three.
Date: April 16th, 2017
Start time: 7:00 PM ET
Location: New York, New York
Stadium: Madison Square Garden
TV Info: NBCSN, TVA Sports, SN, MSG
Live Stream:NBCSports.com
Here are the projected lineups courtesy ofNHL.com
Canadiens
"Scratched: Torrey Mitchell, Michael McCarron, Brian Flynn, Brandon DavidsonInjured: Alexei Emelin (lower body)Line One: Max Pacioretty — Phillip Danault — Alexander RadulovLine Two: Paul Byron — Tomas Plekanec — Brendan GallagherLine Three: Dwight King — Andrew Shaw — Artturi LehkonenLine Four: Alex Galchenyuk — Steve Ott — Andreas MartinsenDefensive Pairing One: Andrei Markov — Shea WeberDefensive Pairing Two: Jordie Benn — Jeff PetryDefensive Pairing Three: Nathan Beaulieu — Nikita NesterovStarting Goalie: Carey PriceBackup Goalie: Al Montoya"
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Rangers
"Scratched: Adam Clendening, Kevin Klein, Steven Kampfer, Matt Puempel, Pavel BuchnevichInjured: NoneLine One: Chris Kreider — Derek Stepan — Mats ZuccarelloLine Two: Jimmy Vesey — Mika Zibanejad — Rick NashLine Three: J.T. Miller — Kevin Hayes — Michael GrabnerLine Four: Tanner Glass — Oscar Lindberg — Jesper FastDefenive Pairing One: Ryan McDonagh — Dan GirardiDefensive Pairing Two: Marc Staal — Nick HoldenDefensive Pairing Three: Brady Skjei — Brendan SmithStarting Goalie: Henrik LundqvistBackup Goalie: Antti Raanta"
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