Chris Kreider set a career high with 28 goals and 53 points this season. When it comes to his performance in the postseason, New York Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault hasn't been so pleased.

"I'm expecting more from him (Kreider)," Vigneault told Sportsnet's Eric Engels. "Up until now he's played two ordinary games."

In the first two games of the Rangers' series against the Montreal Canadiens, Kreider has taken four shots, picked up two penalty minutes, and failed to register a point.

Both the matchup and his personal playoff history suggest Kreider has the potential to make a much bigger impact.

Thanks to deadline additions such as Dwight King, Steve Ott, and Jordie Benn, this Montreal team is built on size and toughness. Kreider's racked up at least 132 hits and 58 penalty minutes in each of the past four seasons, and at 6-foot-3 and 228 pounds, he has the ability to impose his will physically. He also possesses elite speed, which could allow him to get behind the Habs' slow-footed defense corps with regularity.

And Kreider's been a nuisance to the Canadiens in the playoffs before. In Game 1 of the 2014 Eastern Conference Final, this happened:

Carey Price finished the period, but missed the rest of the series. The Rangers went on to the Stanley Cup Final. Price did get his revenge, though:

Kreider has an opportunity for a less ordinary performance in Game 3 on Sunday night at Madison Square Garden.

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