Habs welcome Rangers to Bell Centre

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01/23/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Montreal Canadiens will try to win consecutive games for the first time this month when they welcome the New York Rangers for tonight's battle at Bell Centre.

The Canadiens are just 3-4-2 in January, but they ended a three-game slide with Friday's victory in New Jersey. Tonight, Montreal will shoot for its first two-game win streak since beating Tampa Bay and Florida on December 30 and 31, respectively.

Jaroslav Halak made 14 of his 31 saves in the third period, backstopping the Canadiens to the 3-1 win over the Devils on Friday at the Prudential Center.

Michael Cammalleri, Benoit Pouliot and Mathieu Darche scored for the Canadiens.

"Tonight was a big test for us," Cammalleri said. "We have respect for the success New Jersey has had this year and felt we had to play a really detailed game to be successful."

Brian Gionta made his first visit to New Jersey since signing with Montreal as a free agent last summer. The diminutive right winger spent his first seven NHL seasons with the Devils and won a Stanley Cup in 2003. A broken left foot prohibited Gionta from playing when the Canadiens traveled to Newark on December 16.

The Habs, who are 11-11-4 as the host this year, are back home for just one game. Montreal will kick off a three-game road trip with Tuesday's matchup against the Florida Panthers.

The Rangers, meanwhile, will try to get back in the win column after getting shut out in Thursday's matchup with the rival Philadelphia Flyers. New York had scored a total of 14 goals in the two games prior to getting blanked, 2-0, by Ray Emery and the Flyers. Emery stopped 24 shots to quiet the surging New York offense.

Henrik Lundqvist played well in defeat, making 25 stops for the Rangers, who despite the recent offensive explosion were blanked for the third time in six contests.

The Blueshirts have now been shut out in two straight against Philadelphia as the Flyers notched a 6-0 win in New York on December 30. It marks the first time Philly has blanked the Rangers in consecutive meetings since October 20-22, 1999.

"They did a really good job in the neutral zone," said Rangers head coach John Tortorella. "They play a lock style, they defended the red line well. You have to give them a little credit for that. I just don't think we did a good enough job getting through it."

The Rangers are 12-9-3 as the guest this year and have lost three of their last four road games. Next up for New York is a two-game homestand against Pittsburgh and Carolina.

Montreal and the Rangers have split a pair of meetings so far this year with each team winning on home ice. New York has taken three of the four matchups in the series dating back to last year, but the Canadiens have four victories in the last seven overall matchups. The Rangers have also dropped three of four and four of their last six tests in Montreal.

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