Rangers-Canadiens Game 6 tickets draw top dollar on resale market
Fans arrive for the game between the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Rangers in Game Four of the Eastern Conference First Round during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Madison Square Garden on April 18, 2017. Credit: Getty Images / Bruce Bennett
Asking prices for Game 6 of the Canadiens-Rangers playoff series Saturday night at Madison Square Garden are the highest for any game of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, according to TicketIQ.com, which monitors a number of secondary ticket market sites.
There were just over 1,000 tickets for the game available on the resale market as of Friday afternoon, with the least expensive being $268 - up from $203 a week ago.
The Rangers lead the series, 3-2, and are in position to advance with a victory Saturday.
If there is a Game 7 in Montreal on Monday, the least expensive ticket was $97 as of Friday.
The cheapest Rangers home game ticket for the second round, if they advance, is $209.
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
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