Bantering Points: 4/15/17

17 seconds. While hockey fans may associate that as a number in Blackhawks' and Bruins' lore, it could find a spot in infamy in Ranges' history, as the team was 17 seconds away from heading back to Madison Square Garden with a 2-0 series lead. Instead, the Montreal Canadiens tied the game, and would go on to win in overtime and deny the Rangers a 2-0 series lead for the sixteenth time in their last seventeen playoff series. Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: MTL 4, NYR 3 (5:29 Video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: 50+ saves from Henrik Lundqvist wasn't enough for New York to hang on as Montreal battled back to tie the series (CBS)
• Brett Cyrgalis points out that the fans at Madison Square Garden will need to do their best to give New York the best home-ice advantage possible (NY Post)
• Steve Zipay writes that due to Rick Nash and Michael Grabner waking up, there were some positives to take away from last night's action (Newsday)
• Scott Charles offers his thought's on yesterday's 4-3 loss from the Bell Centre (Blueshirt Bulletin)
• Jess Rubenstein delivers another prospect update, with bits on Ryan Gropp, Sergei Zborovskiy, and more (Blueshirt Bulletin)
• Brandon Cohen argues that Alain Vigneault was the reason New York blew their late lead and lost Game 2 (Blue Line Station)
• Jason Bisnoff examines how much time is left in Henrik Lundqvist's championship window (Elite Sports NY)
• Postgame Notes: Rick Nash scored last night, as he raised his career playoff goals per game to a slightly less pitiful 0.194 (Official Team Site)
• Postgame Interviews: Rick Nash,(2:26) Alain Vigneault,(2:09) Henrik Lundqvist,(3:13) Dan Girardi,(0:39) and Ryan McDonagh (1:19) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Andrew Bottomley ponders whether or not Columbus Blue Jackets' forward Matt Calvert should be suspended for breaking his stuck over Pittsburgh Penguins forward Tom Kuhnhackl (Sportsnet)
• Greg Wyshynski sat down with Vegas Golden Knights' general manager George McPhee about the upcoming drafts, Gerard Gallant and more (Puck Daddy)
• Jason Pothier agrees that Gerard Gallant is the right choice as the first Golden Knights' head coach, but isn't sure how long he will last (SinBin Vegas)
• Jared Clinton wonders what could be next for some of the NHL's recently fired bench bosses now that two of them are already back at work around the league (The Hockey News)/