MONTREAL – Their victory Tuesday over a red-hot Carolina Hurricanes squad that is one of the elite teams in the Eastern Conference said a lot about the Rangers.
Their victory Thursday over the lowly Montreal Canadiens in noisy Bell Centre may have said more.
The Rangers scored three goals in the second period and handled the basement-dwelling Canadiens, 4-1, to earn their third straight victory. They are 11-2-1 in their last 14 games and, with the Devils’ loss to St. Louis, pulled within one point behind New Jersey for second place in the Metropolitan Division.