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.

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.

In a thrilling matchup, Montreal's Patrik Laine scored 3:20 into overtime and delivered the New York Ranger's an overtime loss on Sunday, Jan. 19th at Centre Be

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.

Fox logged two assists and two PIM in Sunday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Canadiens. Fox earned his third multi-point effort over the last eight games. He has a goal and seven assists in that span. The 26-year-old blueliner continues to offer strong offense in addition to steady defense in a top-pairing role.

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

Patrik Laine scored 3:20 into overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 5-4 on Sunday night. Brendan Gallagher and Christian Dvorak had a goal and an assist, and Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky also scored for the Canadiens,

The New York Rangers had four separate one-goal leads on Sunday night against the Montreal Canadiens ... Three defenseman registered assists, with Adam Fox (2), Ryan Lindgren, and K’Andre Miller all adding helpers. Artemi Panarin had an assist as ...

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Montreal's Patrik Laine scored 3:20 into overtime as Rangers goalie Jonathan Quick came up short in his bid to win his 400th career game. The Rangers are 5-0-3 in the last eight games.

Laine’s game-winner came moments after Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck were stopped point-blank by rookie goalie Jakub Dobes. It also sent the Rangers to their second overtime loss in four games after blowing a third-period lead to the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.

Jonathan Quick’s stellar performance wasn’t enough for the New York Rangers to escape Canada with two points as they lost 5-4 in overtime to the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday night. Both the Rangers and Canadiens are in the heat of the playoff hunt, so there were high stakes going into this matchup.