limited to a single goal<\/a> in their previous three losses.<\/p>\n\u201cI thought it was a real gutsy effort by the guys,\u201d head coach Mike Sullivan said after the win, which improved the Rangers to 3-3-1. \u201cWhen you go through some of the early adversity that we\u2019ve gone through here, I said to them after the game, \u2018That game could\u2019ve gone south fast.\u2019 We get down two early like that, given the circumstances that we\u2019ve gone through the last week or so, I just give the players a lot of credit. You learn about your group when you go through experiences like this. What we learned is that we\u2019ve got a high character group in there.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a certain resilience to them that I think is admirable and necessary to win in this league. Couldn\u2019t be more proud of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
J.T. Miller (8) celebrates his goal with teammates Alexis Lafreni\u00e8re (13) and Mika Zibanejad (93) during the third period of the Rangers\u2019 4-3 road win over the Canadiens on Oct. 18, 2025. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Mika Zibanejad finally broke through on the power play in the first frame, after the Swede generated some of the Rangers best chances over their last few games.<\/p>\n
Artemi Panarin notched his first goal of the season in the third period, when the star Russian wing ripped what was ultimately the game-winning goal into the back of the net in transition.<\/p>\n
Rangers captain J.T. Miller was the one to get the Rangers offensive burst in the third started.<\/p>\n
Even rookie Matthew Robertson got in on the action with his first NHL goal and point.<\/p>\n
Matthew Robertson celebrates with teammates after scoring a third-period goal in the Rangers\u2019 road win over the Canadiens. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cThat feel like [my] first goal in life,\u201d Panarin said. \u201cI was so happy. Mika made an unbelievable pass for me. I missed five before and then finally.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was as if the Rangers blinked and they were trailing 2-0 Saturday night.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Canadiens needed all of three minutes and 42 seconds to build the two-goal lead, which was fueled by their speed, energy and quick puck decisions. A bad bounce off of Robertson, who was attempting to keep the puck in the offensive zone, led to a Juraj Slafkovsk\u00fd goal just over a minute and a half into the game.<\/p>\n
Juraj Slafkovsk\u00fd (20) scores a goal on Jonathan Quick during the first period of the Rangers\u2019 road win over the Canadiens. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Mika Zibanejad (not pictured) scores a goal on Sam Montembeault (35) during the first period of the Rangers\u2019 road win over the Canadiens. Eric Bolte-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Charged with two early penalties, the Rangers gave up a power-play goal on their very first penalty kill of the night. Nick Suzuki cashed in on a wide-open net after a circle-to-circle feed from Ivan Demidov.<\/p>\n
The Rangers hadn\u2019t even registered a single shot on goal yet.<\/p>\n
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