Overview
- Puck drop is 7 p.m. ET at Madison Square Garden for the teams’ third meeting of the season.
- Boston arrives on a 10-2-0 run with the NHL’s No. 3 power play at 27.6%, converting 13 of 34 chances during this stretch.
- The Rangers have lost three straight and are 5-13-4 at home during a broader 8-14-4 slide since late November.
- The season series has swung wildly: New York won 6-2 on Nov. 28, then Boston answered with a 10-2 win on Jan. 10 featuring four goals from Marat Khusnutdinov.
- With Igor Shesterkin out, Jonathan Quick has taken the net and dropped 12 consecutive starts, as GM Chris Drury indicates a retool that could include trading pending free agent Artemi Panarin.