The New York Rangers squandered four different leads during their 5-4 loss against the Montreal Canadiens, causing defenseman Adam Fox to drop a blunt statement to head coach Peter Laviolette and the rest of the team.

The Rangers are in no position to be whiffing on winnable games. A season-best point streak that reached eight games Sunday night, after a 5-4 overtime loss to the Canadiens, is not nearly enough to erase the damage of the Blueshirts’ awful stretch from the end of November through December.

Lane Hutson and the Canadiens were embarrassed on Saturday by their most bitter rivals. So how they responded on Sunday was going to be a massive test of character.

MONTREAL -- Patrik Laine scored at 3:20 of overtime for the Montreal Canadiens, who trailed four times before rallying for a 5-4 win against the New York Rangers at Bell Centre on Sunday.

Alexis Lafrenière, Will Cuylle, Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider scored, and Adam Fox had two assists for the Rangers ... Rangers: New York extended its point streak to eight games (5-0-3). Canadiens: Montreal fell behind by one goal on four separate ...

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Patrik Laine scored in overtime to give the host Montreal Canadiens a thrilling 5-4 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday.

MONTREAL — Patrik Laine scored 3:20 into ... Alexis Lafrenière, Will Cuylle, Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider scored, and Adam Fox had two assists for the Rangers, who snapped a two-game ...

MONTREAL — Patrik Laine scored 3:20 into ... Alexis Lafrenière, Will Cuylle, Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider scored, and Adam Fox had two assists for the Rangers, who snapped a two-game ...

The Minnesota Wild scored two first-period goals and got a 31-save effort from Filip Gustavsson to key a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Wednesday in Toronto.

The six players voted to each First Team will be on the ballot for the NHL All Quarter-Century Team that will be chosen via a fan vote that will start in February. Today, the First and Second Quarter-Century Teams for the New York Rangers. Players are listed in alphabetical order.

In the sixteenth weekly Metropolitan Division snapshot, the Carolina Hurricanes made a huge trade, five teams won their week, and the New York Islanders are out of the basement. All this and more in this week’s snapshot.