New York brings a 4-1 recent run and a major power-index edge into Friday night’s matchup at Rogers Arena.
New York arrives 11-8-1 and 13th in DYMA’s power index, while Vancouver is 3-16-1, ranked 31st and mired in a six-game losing streak. The Rangers have won four of their last five and claimed the season’s first meeting 6-2, putting Vancouver’s skid and a chance at immediate revenge in focus. New York’s team save percentage is .907 to Vancouver’s .859, and its shots-on-goal differential is far stronger at -0.6 per game versus -8.7. Vancouver needs Elias Pettersson, with 17 points, and Brock Boeser, with 14, to generate offense against a Rangers attack led by Adam Fox’s 16 points in 15 games.