Rangers' undefeated November stopped in Montreal

2011-12 Game No. 17; Road Game No. 10	Rangers' Record: 10-4-3
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GAME RECAP Associated Press Carey Price made 17 saves for his second straight shutout, and Montreal ended the Rangers' seven-game winning streak with a 4-0 win over the Rangers on Saturday night at Bell Centre. Brian Gionta scored twice and Erik Cole and Tomas Plekanec each had a power-play goal and assist for Montreal, which is on a 4-1-1 run. Scott Gomez had two assists. Rangers backup goaltender Martin Biron lost for the first time four starts. He stopped 27 shots after entering with a 0.95 goals-against-average and .962 save percentage. The Blueshirts, who had a seven-game winning spurt from Oct. 3-17, 2009, fell short of their longest streak since an eight-game run midway through the 1974-75 season. Cole gave Montreal a 1-0 lead with his sixth goal of the season on a power play 3:45 in. He got behind Rangers defenseman Michael Del Zotto to chase down Yannick Weber's long lead pass off the boards before firing a wrist shot from the right faceoff dot into the top left corner. Gionta appeared to catch Biron by surprise with a shot from the right side for his first goal of the game 8:12 into the second. Plekanec drove a slap shot from the point past Biron for the Canadiens' second power-play goal 7:05 into the third to increase the lead to 3-0. Gionta scored his second of the game at 13:47.

PHOTO OF THE GAME STAT OF THE GAME The Rangers trailed going into the third period for only the third time in 17 games this season, and the loss also ended an eight-game point streak. The Blueshirts' last regulation loss was on Oct. 27 vs. Toronto -- a span of 23 days. THREE STARS (selected by newyorkrangers.com) 1. Prust 2. Eminger 3. Gaborik

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THE BIGGER PICTURE The impressive winning streak had to end somewhere, and any game at Montreal, particularly a Saturday night game, is a tough one. With the streak behind them, the Rangers can get back to basics with extra practices as they prepare for Florida and Washington.

RANGERS LEADERS Icetime -- Girardi (28:31) Shots -- Gaborik (3) Hits -- Dubinsky (5) Blocks -- McDonagh (5) Takeaways -- Dubinsky (3) Faceoffs -- Stepan, Boyle (12)

NEW YORK RANGERS LINEUP AT MONTREAL
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Artem Anisimov	Derek Stepan	Marian Gaborik
Brandon Dubinsky	Brad Richards	Ryan Callahan
Ruslan Fedotenko	Sean Avery	Brandon Prust
Andre Deveaux	Erik Christensen	Brian Boyle

DEFENSE PAIRINGS
Left Defense	Right Defense
Michael Del Zotto	Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh	Michael Sauer
Jeff Woywitka	Steve Eminger
Goaltenders: Martin Biron, Henrik Lundqvist Starting Lineup: Biron, McDonagh, Girardi, Dubinsky, Richards, Callahan.

POWER PLAY UNITS
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Ryan Callahan	Derek Stepan	Marian Gaborik
Brandon Dubinsky	Erik Christensen	Artem Anisimov

POINT MEN
Left Point	Right Point
Michael Del Zotto	Brad Richards
Ryan McDonagh	Dan Girardi

PENALTY KILLING UNITS
FORWARD UNITS
Forward	Forward
Ryan Callahan	Brandon Dubinsky
Brandon Prust	Brian Boyle
Ruslan Fedotenko	Artem Anisimov

DEFENSE PAIRINGS
Left Defense	Right Defense
McDonaghl/Del Zotto	Dan Girardi
Steve Eminger	Michael Sauer