New York Rangers (20-7-1, first in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Boston Bruins (19-5-4, first in the Atlantic Division)
Boston; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Bruins -126, Rangers +104; over/under is 5.5
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Rangers visit the Boston Bruins after the Bruins took down the New York Islanders 5-4 in a shootout.
Boston has a 19-5-4 record overall and a 10-2-1 record on its home ice. The Bruins have a +20 scoring differential, with 91 total goals scored and 71 conceded.
New York is 10-4-1 in road games and 20-7-1 overall. The Rangers have a 9-4-0 record in games their opponents commit more penalties.
The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season. The Rangers won the previous matchup 7-4. Chris Kreider scored two goals in the win.
TOP PERFORMERS: David Pastrnak has 17 goals and 24 assists for the Bruins. James van Riemsdyk has one goal and five assists over the last 10 games.
Kreider has 16 goals and eight assists for the Rangers. Artemi Panarin has scored six goals and added eight assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 5-4-1, averaging 2.9 goals, 4.9 assists, 4.1 penalties and 8.8 penalty minutes while giving up 3.1 goals per game.
Rangers: 6-4-0, averaging 3.5 goals, 6.2 assists, 4.1 penalties and 9.6 penalty minutes while giving up 3.5 goals per game.
INJURIES: Bruins: Milan Lucic: out (personal), Charlie McAvoy: out (undisclosed), Pavel Zacha: out (upper body), Derek Forbort: out (undisclosed).
Rangers: Kaapo Kakko: out (undisclosed), K'Andre Miller: day to day (personal), Filip Chytil: out (upper-body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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