<Li> P1, P2, P3--The first, second, and third place teams from the Pacific Division, respectively </Li> <Li> WC--Wild Card teams </Li> <P> The Montreal Canadiens finished first in the Atlantic Division earning 103 points . The New York Rangers finished as the Eastern Conference's first wild - card, earning 102 points . This was the sixteenth playoff meeting between these two teams with New York winning eight of the fifteen previous series . They last met in the 2014 Eastern Conference Finals, which New York won in six games . Montreal won all three games in this year's regular season series . </P> <P> The Rangers eliminated the Canadiens in six games . In the first game of the series, Tanner Glass and Michael Grabner scored the only goals of the games as the Rangers won the game 2--0 on Henrik Lundqvist's 31 - save shutout . In Game 2, the Canadiens tied the game with 18 seconds left, then in overtime, Alexander Radulov pushed it past the Rangers' goaltender to give Montreal a 4--3 victory . Radulov continued his scoring into Game 3, getting a goal and an assist to help the Canadiens achieve a 3--1 victory . The Rangers ended a six - game home - losing streak after Game 4 winning 2--1 over the Canadiens to tie the series 2--2 . Mika Zibanejad got the overtime - winner for the Rangers in Game 5 after Chris Kreider deflected a pass off of Canadiens defenceman Alexei Emelin, landing towards the forward who put it past goaltender Carey Price in a 3--2 win . Mats Zuccarello scored twice in Game 6 as the Rangers eliminated the Canadiens in a 3--1 victory to advance to the second round . </P>

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