Saturday’s busy 14-game NHL slate started off with a bang as the New York Rangers snapped a three-game losing skid with a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks at Madison Square Garden.

J.T. Miller took the high road. Despite his ugly Canucks departure, the Rangers center only had praise for his former organization.

The game will be Miller’s first against the Canucks since they traded him to New York in January. He played 404 games with Vancouver and emerged as one of the league’s premier centers while with the club. He’s one of only two players in Canucks history, along with Pavel Bure, to average more than a point per game.