MONTREAL (AP) " Mika Zibanejad scored at 14:22 of overtime to give the New York Rangers a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series. Chris Kreider's shot on a rush went off Alexei Emelin's stick right to Zibanejad for a shot into an open side. The Rangers grabbed a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series and will look to advance when they host Game 6 on Saturday. Jesper Fast and Brady Skjei also scored for New York. Artturi Lehkonen scored and set up a goal by Brendan Gallagher in the first period for Montreal.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 21, 2017 02:37 UTC