NY Rangers (15-13-4) vs Montreal Canadiens (16-11-3)
• 13 December 2025 19:00 EST
• MSG, NYC
• TV: MSG •
The Rangers return home to MSG for a tilt tonight against Les Habs. This will be an interesting game for the team – they laid a very big egg last game against Chicago and erased a lot of good feelings. Can they get their mojo back along with some positive cheers at MSG?
They’ll have their work cut out for them. Montreal is not a pushover anymore and enter this game 6-4-0 of their last ten compared to NYR 5-3-2. Granted, a few of those wins were S/O wins and some of the Ranger loses were in OT but Les Habs are a quick and feisty team, including the #5 PP unit.
Expected in goal tonight are Shesterkin (12-10-3, 2.48 GAA, 0.912 SV%) and Fowler (1-0-0, 2.00 GAA, 0.947 SV%). Fowler was recalled from Laval on Tuesday and beat PIT 4-2 with 36 saves. Montreal has a long list of injuries: Kirby Dach (broken foot), Alex Newhook (broken ankle), Kaiden Guhle (lower body), Patrik Laine (lower body) but continue in next man up mode.
The Rangers have a few lineup changes tonight. Brodzinski and Morrow are both Prucha’d, meaning Raddysh back in on the fourth line and Vaakanainen on the third pair. Rempe is getting closer to action, full participation in praccy on Friday and skated this morning.
The refs tonight are Kyle Rehman (1113 GP) and Corey Syvret (406 GP). Both call it down the middle.
Keys to a Ranger victory: Don’t get in the box, Montreal has too good a PP.
On this date in history: In 1992, the Rangers beat the Canadiens, 10-5, at MSG. This was the first time the NYR scored double-digit goals against Montreal since joining the NHL in 1926, a span of 535.
Speculative NYR lineup:
Forwards
1st line ⊳ Sheary ⋄ Trocheck ⋄ Miller
2nd line ⊳ Panarin ⋄ Zibanejad⋄ Lafreniere
3rd line ⊳ Berard ⋄ Laba ⋄ Cuylle
4th line ⊳ Raddysh ⋄ Carrick ⋄ Chmelar
Defensemen
1st pair ⊳ Gavrikov ⋄ Schneider
2nd pair ⊳ Soucy ⋄ Borgen
3rd pair ⊳ Vaakanainen ⋄ Robertson
Goalies
Starter ⊳ Shesterkin
Backup ⊳ Quick
Healthy scratch: D Morrow F Brodzinski
Injured: none
In the Cooler: none
Long-term IR: F Edström (LBI) Rempe (UBI) D Fox (UBI)
133 responses to “It’s Go Time!”
FIRST!
We get overtime, or another regulation loss.
Lgr curse of the ugly shirt continues!
LGR!
The dreaded pregame ceremony induced first period slumber for NYR
What we need….what we need is
Solidarity
Kisio looks like an accountant
Don’t they? Don’t they??
Msg couldn’t scare up a sky blue goalie stick for JD?
Did any of them ever win a Cup?
Sidewinders of the 70s-80s?
how can his gaa be 2.01 when he played one game and won 4-2?
Fowler = Dryden
Good start so far
five words not in Kenny’s vocabulary:
Conor Sheary shoots, he scores!
E3 I bet you’ve said that while on the can a few times
i saw lacoast in the crease
WtF was Sherry doing. He had the puck…tried a lame pass ti JT resulting in a turnover. Jesus….
When the Rangers score the tying goal a half second shut the final whistle, it’ll be because they played a bunch after an offsides.
“how can his gaa be 2.01 when he played one game and won 4-2?”
Probably left the ice on a delayed penalty.
The Rangers having 4 more shots than the Canadiens loses some of its luster when you learn that Schneider has 3 of them.
You answered your own question, BBV
Unreal
ev was my question
More unreal
That’s another loss
Yikes….11.5 mil well spent.
5 goals to none and 2 goals in 3 shots, even though they didn’t count one of them.
Insurmountable lead & not enough time.
The Rangers suck
eyegor not anticipating well
1 more against & its movie time.
Play for the point
🤡🤣
There are goalies that you ask yourself, how can you ever expect to score on this guy…Shesterkin is not that guy!
First shot – first goal. Second shot – second! Dominance – kills…
Those pregame ceremonies are just kryptonite
I think I’ve turned off more games in the first period this season than I have in the last 5 seasons combined.
Knicks looking good in the December playoff game
E3 why do montreal seasoning passes stay on their sricks? is it speacial glue?
Rookie goalie against most expensive winning by TKO. Laughably…
At least the Gmen score. True, they couldn’t stop a high school team from putting up 30, but they score..
Beeze – it’s cause the ranges suck
Oh for fugg sake
Really really pathetic. What a pitiful excuse for a hockey team.
*sigh*
at least this one maloney didnt blame the defense
I wonder would Montréal take Lafreniere for Dobson?
Why is Lafailure on the PP?
Clown show continues!
Please never put PP1 out there again
I’d like 12 Labas
There you go! Our new #1 Power Play unit!
Fuk this team. Don’t care if they scored on the PP. They’re not winning bc they’re absolute dog sh-t. I’m talking to YOU, Drury- You OWN this sh-t!
Well there’s hope. Maybe false but hope none the less.
Well…..things sure have changed quickly. In the words of the old man in Monty Python and the Holy Grail…..I’m not dead.
It’s false hope, Beezle.
This team is jusssssst good enough to give you hope, only to have it all come down in the most Rangers way
Easy baking for the yeast man.
This is looking like a 18-17 game
This five forward PP is all Sully. I don’t recall DQ ever doing it when he was coach?
I missed like 86 goals. Wtf?
My pops said the third one was a horrible goal for a $2.5 million goalie, much less an $11.5 million goaltender
Fowler is gonna give up more than 2. That’s a fact and it irrefutable.
Rangers were the better team that first period. Igor sucked is the only issue.
The only other time I remember a 5 forward power play was years ago when the Panthers tried it and it didn’t last. And remember, they had a future perennial Selke winner on that team. We barely have a two-way forward on the ice.
Look like a rookie goalie on that penalty shot. Geez that was easy.
Sully runs the pp according do coaching roles (and D). They moved Meeka to point b3cause Bread can’t play D and likes tornover at the blue line.
Get a Dman on that unit
Nice rack
Anyone know whats on Svengoolie tonight?
Laba hat trick is my prediction….
Pidto isn’t allowed within 100 feet of a school
E3 – I think I wood
Headzo – she’s hot
Gingras > Marakowhatever
Duel! Cult classic w/ Dennis Weaver
Total babe
Tro has no hands
Igor sucks
Shesty’s goals saved above average is dropping like a stone. And that’s just in this game
Maybe it’s time to start Quick over him as the go-to guy. He’s having a much better season than Isore.
I don’t see why commentators from around the league keep referring to Shesterkin as one of the best goalies on the planet — I don’t see it and never have.
It won’t happen, but hopefully Drury will learn from his experience. The second you over-reward a player on his next contract is when he starts sucking.
Agreed ….Big bad ….hes a sieve at times.
Cases in point: Laughy
Isore
It’s ridiculous how many times he’s given up 4 goals on like 3 shots this season
65 days since Shesterkin’s last shutout….and more than that before his next.
The Rangers are going nowhere and their going nowhere fast. The only solution is to tear this rotten edifice down and build it through the draft and savvy trades. Can Dreary do that….sadly not likely.
Is Lacoast unable to hold the puck spin and skate? Instead of just trying to jam it… somewhere?
Plenty of time.
How about playing the third line 20-22 mins a game?
Quite the goalie clinic tonight.
Where’s Gravy? Totally negligent with the woots
Can Igor manage not to give up another two? This period that is?
When does the game start?
Just catching up looks like a ranger habs classic
Haven’t watched yet
But on iPhone saw the pre game
Would have liked to see Ratelle and Hadfield
Was much more fond of the 72 team than the 79 team
I wasn’t joking about Shasty – he became a liability for this team at the moment of signing this tremendous contract, which prohibited to esquire some of desperately needed bona fide players when they were potentially availably on the market. Now his game, besides some random splashes of excellence is quite mediocre and far from consistence and reliability and as such, could be done by any much less heralded and expensive goalie.
The GAG line – only line in history that had a chance to have 3 50-goal scorers on the same line. Good times!
4ever the only way that contract will ever come close to justifying itself is if they manage to win at least one cup with him.
Heads up play by bread not to do some dumb BS at the blue line
Cuylle should have gotten the pass to Laba there. Laba needs to be more assertive asking for it too
Supercilious period?
It’s not often this season that you turn the game off and turn it back on later in the game. This is an odd feeling.
Why is MSG so cheap they can’t have a studio show on weekends?
This is hilarious – The Rangers are playing like they’re protecting a lead….that they don’t have.
that wont count
BS
Vincent Postcheck
Mrs wwpd and I will be at a restaurant with no TV, and she says don’t get your hopes up 😆
wwpd you can always stream it on your phone, just rest it against the water glass 😉
Zed’s dead baby
You’d think Frenchie would be extra motivated to play against the Habs. Nope. I’m fairly certain that Laferriere on LA is a better player that Lafreniere.
First point gotten in the centennial jerseys.
I said play for point down 3-0
Beezle, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched a game that’s perched on a glass of water.
I thought they were calling the trip on Fowler. I didn’t even see the slash.
EV lol
Not looking forward to 4 forwards on the OT power play
Craig – 95% of the players in the NHL are better than Frenchie. Laffy is an AHL player who gets to play in the NHL only because he was a 1OA pick. Unfortunately, the Rangers weren’t smart enough to notice his true lack of NHL talent. They should have traded him when he had value. Instead they doubled down with a ridiculous contract.
that was a bit of a gift of a penalty call
Miller The OT Killer
Beezle that’s my kids’ move! Lgr, be amazed if anyone on Habs staff came away from tonight thinking they should figure out a trade for Lafren
Easy peasy win
Beezle, the goalie should’ve been called for a trip too, so it was a gift to only be a one man advantage.
Onions win
Trade Busto yesterday! He’s not even effective enough to be a 4th liner.
Remember what I said about them winning tonight. The anvil drop is coming!
The Rangers somehow beat the odds by
(1) Winning a game at home
(2) Winning a game after a pregame ceremony
(3) Winning a game in their baby blue centennial jerseys
That’s quite an accomplishment.
Finally the curse is gone and our team can start winning games with those ugly centennial jerseys; I was starting to wonder.
Great game that should provide more confidence.
Remember when Bobby Rousseau played for Rangers. Very fast and they had hin quarterback the powerplay;which he was very good at. Big difference between 72 and 79 Rangers was 72 team was GAG line’s team and 79 had Esposito imprint on it. Also 72 goalies were much better then JD.
Have watched games on film from 79 and cannot believe how JD got us as far as he did.
One thing you guys who were not there have to remember is how great our opponent’s were in both series. Always remember Capt Dave talking about how many Canadiens he played against in 79 wound up in Hall of Fame. Also 72 Bruins had some very good players who were not named Orr. That being said thank God for Richter,Leetch Messier and the rest of the 94 team who made a dream come through for a lot of us who were lucky enough to have been there.
Like most of you I have not much faith in this group. Only new ownership will change and I do not see that happening for a while. Oh well. At least we have Monday night to look forward to. What is the over and under for how many goals Kreider will score. I hope he gets at least 2 and we still win the game.
Coolio had his best game of the season.
Robertson can play, kis is looking better and better. Had 2 primary assists on goals 3&4.
Frankly Eyegore sharted his drawers but NYR wanted this one
The Laba line is really their best imo. Berard hasn’t contributed any points. But his energy adds to the overall effectiveness of the line. Having said that they do need an upgrade. Another Coolio type on RW that can pot some goals. Is Miller waking up?
when is that last time the team did not have a 25 goal scorer?
Miller was woken up by Sherry Darling; the straw the stirs the drink. Does all the little things that don’t show up in the boxscore or on the ice.
Good morning and enjoy the metro area snow while reading the new post