Canadiens beat Rangers to even series 1-1

The Canadiens hold a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Confernce series that resumes Tuesday night.

Alexander Radulov had a goal and an assist to lead Montreal to a 3-1 victory over the Rangers on Sunday night in NY, giving the Canadiens a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.

The New York Rangers were dominant in game one of their series and shut out the Canadiens in a 2-0 win. "I didn't really think at the time that was going to be the difference".

"Obviously, we didn't pick a good time yesterday to have a very ordinary game", said Vigneault. "I don't know why we're starting now". "It's a pretty classic story of playoff hockey". The Rangers were 2:56 from being blanked in Game 3, and that is the team's only goal in their past 143 minutes.

Instead, they had to play catch up as the Canadiens struck on the power play, their first special-teams tally of the series.

The Maple Leafs took a double-overtime thriller on Saturday, with Kaspari Kapanen finishing off a handsome feed from former Rangers grinder Brian Boyle to even the series at 1-1 heading into a pivotal Game 3.

"I think it's important that we start with ourselves and not with what they're doing", Lundqvist said.

"I sat here and had to answer questions I felt we didn't deserve (after Game 1) and it gave is a little chip on our shoulder", captain Max Pacioretty said.

Only now the Rangers need more from essentially everyone other than Henrik Lundqvist.

Montreal fired 31 shots on New York's Henrik Lundqvist, who recorded his 10th career playoff shutout - a record high amongst active National Hockey League goaltenders. Alexei Emelin would be in Nesterov's place usually, but he's out with an injury and did not travel to NY.

The Rangers' J.T. Miller was whistled for a faceoff violation late in the second period as he played the puck in the circle with his hand.

Weber's power-play goal 7:42 into the third period decided the game.

Early on in the third, Mats Zuccarello took a highsticking penalty on Markov, drawing blood and giving the Habs the extended four-minute power play.

"I think regular season we had our struggles, but this is a new season once playoffs come around, and everything that's happened before is erased", Rangers forward Rick Nash said to the New York Daily. "But it's the playoffs".

Late in the man advantage, Galchenyuk took advantage of a exhausted Rangers defense to find the decisive pass, which went to Weber at Lundqvist's unguarded right side.

"You're trying to find little keys, little areas, and that was an opening we thought we could take advantage of", Gallagher said.

Jake Allen, Blues - He did not need to make 51 saves like he did in game one, but Allen was again stellar in net for the Blues.

"In the first two games, we gave away too many Grade A chances, and we relied on Carey too much, but tonight we did a better job of protecting him", said Weber, who logged a game-high 29:08.

Being better in Game 4 would be a good idea after a 3-1 loss in Game 3 in which for most of the night the offense seemed to be stuck in slush.

Next up for the Rangers will be a must-win game on Tuesday night. So we're aware of that. "That's stuff that we can fix". "Not so much of what we have to do to make it hard on them, but what we can do to make it successful for us". And the performance was even more impactful when compared to the Canadiens going 2-for-3, scoring the first goal on the man-advantage for either team this series. He is back in Montreal and considered day-to-day.