MONTREAL – The Rangers are making a splash with the NHL’s Frozen Frenzy.

All 32 teams were in action Tuesday night, but the Blueshirts put together a performance worthy of the league’s nickname for its version of the NFL Red Zone, defeating the Canadiens 7-2 at the Bell Centre.

The Habs were quickly overwhelmed. That’s enough if you allow four goals in the first ten shots.

One came after the other until suddenly, in the middle of the first third, nine of the Rangers’ 18 field players were on the scoresheet.

Twelve out of 18 made the final count.

There was no opportunity to get back into the game.

The Rangers never backed down.

The Rangers crushed their opponents and set a franchise record for longest points streak to start a season by winning at least one of six consecutive games.

The win also tied the team record for longest road winning streak to start a season.

The excitement in the first half on Tuesday evening is just a side note to the Rangers’ furious start to the 2024/25 season.

The Rangers circled around the Canadiens for the first half of the first period.

Montreal couldn’t catch its breath as the Rangers suffocated the home team with their scoring output and scoreboard hustle.

After the Canadiens created a few chances in the opening seconds, the Rangers came from the opposite direction and Mika Zibanejad scored in transition from the left circle to give his team a 1-0 lead less than a minute into the game.

From there, the Blueshirts just kept going.

Adam Edstrom chased down a cleared puck that the Canadiens players thought was going to be whistled for icing. The big Swede won the puck race, turned it back to Jonny Brodzinski and the veteran forward scored to double the Rangers’ lead.

A single shot from Reilly Smith less than five minutes later gave the Rangers a 3-0 lead.

The Rangers’ second power play unit later got into the action, starting and ending with Filip Chytil.

After stealing from Jake Evans, the Czech center carried the ball up the ice before crashing into the net at 11:05, negating a feed from Smith.

Montreal then moved goaltender Sam Montembeault, who allowed four goals on 10 shots, in favor of Cayden Primeau.

After Braden Schneider scored his second goal of the season in the second half, Chytil added his second goal of the night and Kaapo Kakko scored his first goal of the season, putting the game well out of reach in the final frame.

Two goals from Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki, one at the end of the first period and one on the power play, allowed Montreal to save face after a difficult first 11 minutes.