In New York, Artemi Panarin continued his hot hand with a goal and four points on Sunday night to lad the Rangers to a 5-2 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens. 
The win was the 53rd of the campaign for New York, tying a franchise record.
The Rangers improved to 53-21-4.
Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves in the win.
It was far from easy on in this one.
Cole Caufield put the Habs up, 1-0 with 30 seconds left in the opening stanza. He scored off a rebound off the backboards to the right side for a tip in .
The Rangers got their offense rolling in the middle frame.
Mika Zibanejad, who hit for a double in the win, potted his first on the power play at 12:31 of the middle frame to tie the game, 1-1, he scored off a nifty pass from Panarin to tip in for the goal.
Chris Kreider hit off another power play at 3:49 of the third period, he scored off a shot from Panarin that he tipped in for the 2-1 lead.
Panarin potted his marker at 6:09, scoring off a perfect set up pass from Alexis Lafreniere for an even easier tap it in and a 3-1 lead after two periods.
Montreal dropped to 29-36-12.
In the third period, Montreal looked to rally back when Alex Newhook took a breakaway in for a score to make it 32 to the Rangers. He scored at 12:13.
Zibanejad collected his double at 16:56 to push the Rangers’ advantage to 4-2. The goal resulted from a turnover in the neutral zone by the Habs.Jimmy Vesey set up Zibanejad at the left post for a poke in.
Lafreniere iced the game when he hit an empty net 18:45 for the 5-2 final count on the scoreboard. Panarin set him up with the pass.
Use CodePHN15 Panarin earns #PHNChairoftheNight for a goal and three assists in the Rangers win
Cayden Primeau made 41 saves in the loss, and stymied the Rangers early on until they geared up their power play.
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