Schedule and 2016-17 Results
Regular Season Records: Montreal 47-26-9=103pts, New York Rangers 48-28-6=102pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 12 April: New York Rangers win at Montreal, 2-goals-nil
Game 2 on Friday, 14 April: New York Rangers lose at Montreal, 4-goals-3 (OT)
Game 3 on Sunday, 16 April: Montreal wins at New York Rangers, 3-goals-1
Game 4 on Tuesday, 18 April: Montreal loses at New York Rangers, 2-goals-1
Game 5 on Thursday, 20 April: New York Rangers win at Montreal, 3-goals-2 (OT)
Game 6 on Saturday, 22 April: Montreal loses at New York Rangers, 3-goals-1

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The New York Rangers hosted and vanquished the Montreal Canadiens 3-goals-1 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1320 victory. With the series 1320 win, the New York Rangers improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 33-40 overall and 13-7 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1320 loss, the Montreal Canadiens see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 77-41 overall and 14-8 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious New York Rangers in series 1320 was WLLWWW: Series 1320 thus becomes the 11th NHL Preliminary-round series, the 23rd NHL series (all rounds), and the 36th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series history, the New York Rangers posted the first two WLLWWW series wins, doing so in series 35 (in the 1940 NHL Semifinals) and in series 233 (in the 1971 NHL Quarterfinals). The New York Rangers have posted a WLLWWW win order in best-of-7 NHL playoff series an NHL-leading five times.

After Game 5: The New York Rangers visited and topped the Montreal Canadiens 3-goals-2 in overtime to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1320 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the New York Rangers have a series record of 15-2 and a Game 6 record of 11-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Montreal Canadiens have a series record of 8-22 and a Game 6 record of 14-16. The visiting New York Rangers trailed the Canadiens in Montreal by a goal as late as 18:27 into the second period. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2016, inclusive, road teams down a goal with 18:27 elapsed in the second period had a game record of 153-604 (.202).

After Game 4: The New York Rangers hosted and defeated the Montreal Canadiens 2-goals-1 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1320 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Montreal Canadiens have a series record of 25-18 and a Game 5 record of 22-21 with an active five-Game 5 losing streak, while the New York Rangers have a series record of 13-15 and a Game 5 record of 11-17. Montreal in series 1320 posts a LWWL win order through four games for the first time since series 856, in the 2002 NHL Quarterfinals against the Carolina Hurricanes (which Carolina won, en route to a 2002 NHL Finals berth).

After Game 3: The Montreal Canadiens visited and defeated the New York Rangers 3-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1320 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Montreal Canadiens have a series record of 38-10 and a Game 4 record of 18-30. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the New York Rangers have a series record of 9-22 and a Game 4 record of 17-14.

After Game 2: The Montreal Canadiens hosted and defeated the New York Rangers 4-goals-3 in overtime to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1320 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Montreal Canadiens have a series record of 22-17 and a Game 3 record of 25-14, while the New York Rangers have a series record of 19-17 and a Game 3 record of 16-20. Montreal trailed New York by a goal as late as 19:41 into the third period before tying the game and winning it in overtime. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2016, inclusive, home teams down a goal with only 19 seconds left in the third period had a game record of only 9-422 (.021).

After Game 1: The New York Rangers visited and shut out the Montreal Canadiens 2-goals-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1320 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the New York Rangers have a series record of 22-12 and a Game 2 record of 13-21. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Montreal Canadiens have a series record of 16-29 (with an active four-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 22-23.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2016-17 NHL regular season, the Montreal Canadiens finished one point ahead of the New York Rangers. From 1939 through the 2016 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by one regular-season point, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 12-7 (.632) but with an active four-series losing streak in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1320 is the 118th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Montreal Canadiens, and the 73rd for the New York Rangers. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Montreal Canadiens have an all-rounds series record of 77-40, a Preliminary-round series record of 14-7, and a Game 1 record of 72-45, while the New York Rangers have an all-rounds series record of 32-40, a Preliminary-round series record of 12-7, and a Game 1 record of 34-38. Series 1320 is the 12th best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Rangers. Both participants in series 1320 have lost forty best-of-7 NHL playoff series, with Montreal having won more than twice as many best-of-7 NHL playoff series as the Rangers (77 to 32). Montreal has a 6-5 record in the previous eleven best-of-7 meetings between the two teams, with the Rangers having won the last two.