There are nights and days when a Blueshirt [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-rangers/latest-news/how-the-sizzling-hot-rangers-shape-up-against-the-rest-of-the-nhl] game can be divided into The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Igor Shesterkin Has Reportedly Rejected Contract Extension Paying Him $11 Million Per Season Saturday afternoon at The Garden with Montreal [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens/] in town was just that kind of day. Visiting Floridian – NHL correspondent – Big Al Greenberg and my grandson Ariel Fischler, who helped on this missive will attest to that. THE GOOD: * GOALTENDING: "Jonathan Quick was not too shabby," Ariel recalls. "He made the big saves when they mattered." * POWER PLAY: "Three PP goals is good news," adds Greenberg, "and they broke the five-game losing streak." * SLUMP BUSTERS: Both Mika Zibanejad and Vincent Trocheck showed up for a change with goals. * LUCKY: Lady Luck showed up at the end when the Habs got a dumber-than-dumb double penalty; and Kaapo Kakko got the winner. That also improved KK's trade possibilities. THE BAD: * BARELY WON: Montreal is the NHL's worst team and yet Peter Laviolette's dear boys almost blew it and needed a late power play to squeeze out the W. * LEAD BLOWING: The Rangers had a two-goal lead in the third vs. a team that was 0-0-9 when trailing after two. * SAGGING END: Late in the third period the Blueshirts looked as if they had just finished the L.A. to Staten Island Marathon. THE UGLY: Although the Rangers won the game, they played like losers!
