San Jose Sharks (0-5-0, eighth in the Pacific Division) vs. New York Rangers (3-1-0, third in the Metropolitan Division)
New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Sharks, on a five-game losing streak, play the New York Rangers.
New York went 52-24-6 overall and 35-11-5 in home games a season ago. The Rangers scored 250 goals while giving up 204 for a +46 goal differential last season.
San Jose had a 32-37-13 record overall and a 14-19-8 record on the road last season. The Sharks scored 211 total goals last season, with 41 power-play goals and four shorthanded goals.
INJURIES: Rangers: Ryan Carpenter: day to day (upper body), Vitali Kravtsov: day to day (upper-body).
Sharks: Markus Nutivaara: out (lower body), Nikolai Knyzhov: out (achilles).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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