New York Rangers at Montreal Canadiens

· National Hockey League

New York Rangers

22-12-6

Final
4 - 1

Montreal Canadiens

15-21-3

Chytil scores twice, Rangers beat skidding Canadiens 4-1

Chris Kreider snapped a scoreless tie with a short-handed goal and defenseman Braden Schneider also scored for the surging Rangers, who won their third straight and improved to 11-2-1 in their past 14 games.

Jaroslav Halak made 17 saves.

Chytil's first goal made it 3-0 at 13:27 of the second, 59 seconds after Schneider scored. Chytil added a power-play goal into an empty net with 70 seconds left in the third.

Joel Armia scored his first goal of the season 14:46 into the third for the Canadiens, who have lost seven games in a row.

Jake Allen stopped 27 of 30 shots.

UP NEXT

Rangers: At the New Jersey Devils on Saturday afternoon.

Canadiens: Host the St. Louis Blues in the second game of a four-game homestand Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

NYR lead series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	2nd Period 7:43	Goal scored by Chris Kreider (SHG)
Goal	2nd Period 12:28	Goal scored by Braden Schneider assisted by Artemi Panarin and Vitali Kravtsov
Goal	2nd Period 13:27	Goal scored by Filip Chytil assisted by Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey
Goal	3rd Period 14:46	Goal scored by Joel Armia assisted by Arber Xhekaj and Jake Evans
Goal	3rd Period 18:50	Goal scored by Filip Chytil assisted by Adam Fox and K'Andre Miller (PPG)

Statistics

NYR		MTL
17	Blocked Shots	17
17	Hits	21
5	Takeaways	8
31	Shots	18
1	Power Play Goals	0
3	Power Play Opportunities	2
33.3	Power Play Percentage	0.0
1	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
26	Faceoffs Won	25
51.0	Faceoff Win Percent	49.0
9	Giveaways	11
2	Total Penalties	3
4	Penalty Minutes	6