Zibanejad nets SO winner, Kane scores, Rangers top Canadiens

MONTREAL — Mika Zibanejad scored the shootout winner and Patrick Kane scored his first goal with New York as the Rangers rallied to beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Thursday night.

Alexis Lafreniere and Jacob Trouba added goals in regulation, and Artemi Panarin finished with three assists. Igor Shesterkin made 23 saves as New York snapped a two-game losing streak.

Kaiden Guhle, Alex Belzile and Josh Anderson scored for Montreal, which lost its fifth straight. Sam Montembeault stopped 30 shots.

Guhle opened the scoring 35 seconds into the game when he batted home a loose puck out of mid-air.

Guhle then took a slashing penalty that allowed the Rangers to tie the score at 3:16 of the first period. Lafreniere tipped Adam Fox’s point shot for his fourth goal in the last five games.

The Canadiens regained the lead when Belzile beat Shesterkin with a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle at 17:02. The 31-year-old scored his fourth goal of the season and his third in as many games.

Trouba tied the game 48 seconds into the second period when his wrist shot from the right faceoff circle beat Montembeault on the glove side.

Anderson restored the Canadiens’ edge with a short-handed goal at 13:20 of the second.

Chris Tierney stole the puck from Kane in the defensive zone and skated away on the rush, drawing two players to his side before sending a pass to Anderson, who scored his 19th of the season.

Kane responded on the same power play at 14:31 with a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle that beat Montembeault over his left pad.

In overtime, Fox took a holding penalty with 1:27 remaining. Montreal’s Rafael Harvey-Pinard redirected a shot from Mike Hoffman on the power play, but it clanged off the crossbar, leaving the game tied.

Montreal failed to score on all three shootout attempts. Zibanejad had the lone score in the shootout.

Panarin recorded his seventh 70-point season in his first eight seasons. He became the third undrafted player to reach the milestone, along with Hall of Famers Wayne Gretzky and Peter Stastny.

NHL referee Marc Joanette worked his 1,500th career game. He was presented with personalized Canadiens and Rangers jerseys by coaches Martin St. Louis and Gerard Gallant. Joanette was also honored by the Canadiens during a television timeout in the first period.

Rangers: At Buffalo on Saturday.

Canadiens: Host New Jersey Devils on Saturday.