After four straight wins, Montreal returned to action tonight against the New York Rangers with Samuel Montembeault back in goal. Here's the rest of the lineup:
Tonight'
With
composition#GoHabsGo | @mtlgazette pic.twitter.com/HN1Fw7VmeW– Montreal Canadiens (@CanadiensMTL) October 18, 2025
And Rangers:
#NYR lines in Montreal
Panarin-Zibanejad-Kuil Shiri-Miller-Lafreniere Parsinen-Laba-Raddysh Edström-Carrick-Rempe Gavrikov-Fox Robertson-Borgen Vaakanainen-Schneider Quick (vs. Montembeault) Shesterkin – Peter Baugh (@Peter_Baugh) October 18, 2025
It didn't take the Canadiens even five minutes to score two goals.
First, Juraj Slafkovsky scored on a beautiful pass from Caufield.
Cole…passerby?!?
pic.twitter.com/9h16R4EomQ
– TVA Sports (@TVASports) October 18, 2025
And on the power play, captain Nick Suzuki scored his first goal of the season. What a game by Ivan Demidov in terms of consistency.
And for the first time for SUZUKI!
pic.twitter.com/TwlnE6eK8y
– TVA Sports (@TVASports) October 18, 2025
#NYR I haven't seen Zibanejad rip one of these in a while… pic.twitter.com/1MfpAuzHFK
– NYRONLY (@nyronly) October 18, 2025
The Habs, despite a rough middle period, held the lead until the third period, but New York scored two quick goals in the third. First, J.T.
It could have been any guy's goal, but I like to see #NYR JT Miller tells Alexis Lafreniere to drive the train down the bench. pic.twitter.com/gXUV4MeKlc
– Johnny Lazarus (@JLazzy23) October 19, 2025
Moments later, Samuel Montembeault failed to clear Matthew Robertson's shot at the blue line.
Robertson beats Montembeault by a point as Rangers lead 3-2. It was the first goal of Robertson's career. pic.twitter.com/FDY0XXf7rk
– Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) October 19, 2025
After this goal, Monti was unable to keep his team one goal away from their opponents. 4-2 Rangers.
Artemi Panarin doubles Rangers lead
pic.twitter.com/QDvinuT054
– Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 19, 2025
After that goal, Noah Dobson chose the right moment to score his first goal in a Habs uniform, cutting the lead to
only one. Noah Dobson's first goal in a Habs uniform cut the Rangers' lead to one. #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/EbXrdpOu58
– Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) October 19, 2025
However, it was too late and the magic of the last few games did not work. A rare defeat for the club in regulation time. For the first time since 15 regular season games (February 9). Final score: guests 4-3. Martin St. Louis' (4-2-0) team next plays on Monday against the Buffalo Sabers.
“Extension”
– Why?
Wow. The crowd boos Alexis Lafreniere as he is introduced to the giant throne of the game's starting lineup. #gohabsgo
– JT (@jeantrudel83) October 18, 2025
– Six Scouts at Bell Center.
Scouts in the Bell Center press box at the Canadiens-Rangers game. #Habs pic.twitter.com/9P8bqhvItY
– Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) October 18, 2025
– Good thing.
I think the trend of booing the American national anthem has passed. Heard nothing tonight at the Bell Center
– JT (@jeantrudel83) October 18, 2025
– No.
Sam Montembeault didn't give his team a chance to win tonight…
/r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) October 19, 2025
– Oh.
There's already a huge bruise on the linesman's face after the puck hit… well, in the face. pic.twitter.com/r7DG3xeStl
– Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) October 19, 2025
