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 ...

Dan Rosen of NHL.com: (mailbag) Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen has two years left on his contract at a $5.1 million cap hit, and he wouldn’t come cheap. If the Flyers were to move him, they could be looking for a young, NHL player or an intriguing prospect.

Here are three takeaways from yet another painful overtime loss by the New York Rangers, this one against the Montreal Canadiens.

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.