Kaapo Kaako scored a power-play goal with 24 seconds left, and the New York Rangers stopped a five-game slide by topping the Montreal Canadiens 4-3.

Kaapo Kakko scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 24 seconds left as the New York Rangers ended their first five-game losing streak in over three years with a 4-3 victory over the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Saturday afternoon.

The Rangers fixed their start. They couldn’t execute a perfect ending, but they got it close enough to give the dressing room, and perhaps management, an exhale-worthy win against Montreal. Their losing streak — which felt even more dire after word leaked that Chris Drury reached out to teams about making trades and mentioned Chris Kreider and Jacob Trouba by name — is over at five games.