St. Louis Blues (32-28-3, fifth in the Central Division) vs. New York Rangers (40-18-4, first in the Metropolitan Division)
New York; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The Metropolitan Division-leading New York Rangers take on the St. Louis Blues.
New York has a 21-8-0 record in home games and a 40-18-4 record overall. The Rangers have a 19-10-0 record when scoring a power-play goal.
St. Louis is 32-28-3 overall and 14-17-2 on the road. The Blues are 25-3-1 in games they score three or more goals.
Saturday's game is the second time these teams square off this season. The Blues won the last meeting 5-2.
TOP PERFORMERS: Artemi Panarin has 35 goals and 49 assists for the Rangers. Chris Kreider has scored seven goals and added two assists over the past 10 games.
Pavel Buchnevich has 23 goals and 25 assists for the Blues. Robert Thomas has one goal and eight assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 7-2-1, averaging 3.6 goals, 5.9 assists, 4.4 penalties and 11.1 penalty minutes while giving up 2.3 goals per game.
Blues: 3-6-1, averaging two goals, 3.4 assists, 2.7 penalties and 5.7 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game.
INJURIES: Rangers: Blake Wheeler: out for season (lower-body), Filip Chytil: out for season (upper-body).
Blues: None listed.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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