Miracle On 34th Street (1947) / A Charlie Brown Christmas
NEW YORK -- Martin St. Louis had a goal and an assist to lead a collection of standout performances Sunday night in the New York Rangers' 5-0 win against the Montreal Canadiens at Madison Square Garden.
St. Louis' two points came during the second period. He took a pass from Chris Kreider as the Rangers entered the zone, and skated toward the right circle before backhanding a pass through two Montreal defenders to Derek Stepan near the top of the left circle. Stepan snapped a shot past goaltender Dustin Tokarski for his second goal of the season and a 2-0 New York lead 35 seconds into the period.
Stepan has seven points in eight games after missing the start of the season because of a broken leg.
The Rangers carried the play for much of the second period, and a great individual play by St. Louis gave them a three-goal advantage. St. Louis lifted Montreal defenseman Alexei Emelin's stick and stole the puck, giving him a clear path to the net. He scored moving to his right but lofting a shot into the top-left corner after Tokarski committed to sliding across his crease to stay with St. Louis.
It was St. Louis' eighth goal.
Dominic Moore had the lone goal of the first period. Montreal forward Alex Galchenyuk made an unwise decision, trying to send the puck back through the slot instead of toward the boards as he skated back toward his net. The puck deflected off Rangers forward Tanner Glass and landed near the top of the crease for Moore to punch it past Tokarski at 9:44 of the first.
It was Moore's first goal of the season. He and St. Louis each has four multipoint games.
Rookie Anthony Duclair made another fantastic individual play to make it 4-0. A pass from Kevin Hayes was behind Duclair, but he snared it with his right foot and slid it to his stick before finding Carl Hagelin at the far post for a tap-in goal at 1:40 of the third. It was Hagelin's fifth.
Rick Nash scored on a breakaway to complete the scoring. He slipped behind the defense, and although it took Derick Brassard a couple of seconds to realize it, he still got the puck to Nash, who scored his 14th goal, tying him for second in the NHL with Steven Stamkos behind Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin's 15.
Henrik Lundqvist made 21 saves to earn his fourth shutout of the season, but he had a relatively light workload. Tokarski was the Canadiens' best player, and kept the score line from being even worse.
Montreal leads the NHL with 33 points, and the Canadiens had won eight of nine games prior to this one. They also played Saturday night, defeating the Boston Bruins. New York had not played since Wednesday because the Rangers' game Friday at First Niagara Center against the Buffalo Sabres was postponed due to a major snowstorm.
Miracle On 34th Street (1994) / It's a Wonderful Life
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