St. Louis arrives at Madison Square Garden on a two-game win streak, while New York needs to stop a four-game skid.
Both clubs have 15 points, but the Rangers are 7-7-1 after 15 games while the Blues are 7-6-1 through 14; the power index ranks New York 16th and St. Louis 17th, tied at 61.8. St. Louis has won two straight and is 3-2 over its last five, while New York has dropped four straight and is 1-4 in its last five. The key matchup is New York’s top-six production, averaging 5.33 points per game, against St. Louis at 4.51; Rangers leaders Alexis Lafrenière and Adam Fox have 16 points apiece, while Blues scoring leader Jimmy Snuggerud has eight goals. The Rangers need that production to translate into goals, while the Blues will look to keep their recent momentum and build on a +2 goal differential against New York’s -1.