MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens are not ready to concede the Eastern Conference title to the New York Rangers.

Rene Bourque scored three goals and the Canadiens chased star goalie Henrik Lundqvist from the game as they defeated the Rangers 7-4 on Tuesday to stave off elimination.

The Rangers, who lead the best-of-seven series 3-2, will have another chance to earn a trip to the Stanley Cup final in Game 6 on Thursday night in New York.

“I think you’re starting to see us playing Montreal Canadiens hockey,” Montreal forward Max Pacioretty said. “I don’t think you’ve really seen it in this series just yet.

“It was great to see a little taste of it. I think we still have more. I think we still have little things to work on. And it should be a fun one going back there.”

Alex Galchenyuk, Tomas Plekanec and Pacioretty also scored for Montreal, which outshot the Rangers 28-27.

Derek Stepan, playing with a guard on his helmet to protect a broken jaw suffered from a Brandon Prust hit in Game 3, returned to the lineup to score twice for the Rangers. Chris Kreider had a goal and three assists and Rick Nash also scored.

“It was just a strange game,” Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. “It was a different game from what we’ve seen so far in the series, but now we’re going home.”

It was the third time in these playoffs that the Canadiens have faced elimination.