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YESSSS! Good evening, everybody — Marv Albert with you from Bell Centre in Montreal… and what a finish we had tonight as the New York Rangers pulled out a thrilling 7–6 victory over the Canadiens to take a commanding 3–0 lead in this best-of-seven series.
The hero? Aedyn Grubin. The big first baseman came up huge — and I mean HUGE — with not one but two home runs, including a grand slam in the top of the seventh inning that blew this one wide open.
Let’s set the scene — top of the seventh, game tied 3–3, bases loaded… Dylan McCullough on the mound for Montreal… Grubin digs in… and — YES! — he connects! A towering drive to deep left field, it is gone! A GRAND SLAM for Aedyn Grubin! The Rangers lead it 7–3 and this building goes silent except for that small pocket of New York fans who made the trip north.
Montreal, though, would not go quietly. A late push, including a two-run homer from P. Newman in the bottom of the ninth, made things tense. But the Rangers held on as Bunney closed it out — not without a few sweaty palms on the visitors’ bench.
You look up and down the Rangers’ order — V. Ising with four hits, Grubin driving in five, Bliebernicht showing some power as well — and it’s clear why they’ve got a stranglehold on this series.
For the Canadiens, some strong swings from Newman and Vandelay kept it close, but the big blow from Grubin was just too much to overcome.
And so, the Rangers take Game 3 by a score of 7–6 and now lead this series three games to none. One more, and they’ll be moving on.
This is Marv Albert… saying — YES! — a dramatic night of playoff hockey… er, baseball-style… in Montreal. Game 4 comes your way tomorrow night… and you can bet the Bell Centre will be rocking.
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