Artemi Panarin scored his first goal this season 5:51 into the third period and collected three assists as the New York Rangers rallied from an early two-goal deficit and hung on for a 4-3 victory over the host Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

The Rangers improved to 7-0-2 in their past nine trips to Montreal and snapped a three-game skid where they scored one goal thanks to Panarin's best night in the early going.

After setting up Matthew Robertson's first career goal to snap a 2-2 tie 4:11 into the third, as well as Mika Zibanejad's first-period power-play tally, Panarin finally scored when he took a pass from Zibanejad undefended and sent a shot from the left circle over goalie Sam Montembeault.

J.T. Miller also scored in the opening minute of the third for the Rangers, who have

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