The Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Rangers play the third of four meetings on the season. This will also be the first of two games in six days between the two teams.
Columbus heads into Madison Square Garden and needs to have desperation mode engaged. With the Rangers OT loss on Saturday, the two teams are now tied with 68 points on the season. The Blue Jackets still hold the wild card 2 spot due to points percentage, but have a slew of teams hot on their heels.
The Blue Jackets typically play well at MSG and will need to continue that trend if they want to leave New York in a playoff spot.
Rangers Stats
- Power Play – 23.0% - 13th in NHL
- Penalty Kill – 80.3% - 13th in NHL
- Goals For – 188 – 14th – 3.03 GPG – 13th
- Goals Against – 186 – 18th – 3.02 GPG – 20th
Series History vs. The Rangers
- Columbus is 10-8-6 on the road and 23-23-7 in 53 all-time meetings vs. New York.
- The Blue Jackets are 7-4-2 in the last 13 games at MSG.
Who To Watch For The Rangers
- Artemi Panarin leads the Rangers with 26 goals and 64 points.
- Adam Fox leads the team with 43 assists.
- Jonathan Quick is 9-5-2 with a SV% of .903.
CBJ Player Notes vs. The Rangers
- James van Riemsdyk has 26 points in 56 career games against the Rangers.
- Zach Werenski has 16 points in 24 games.
- Damon Severson has 19 points in 43 games vs. the Rangers.
Injuries
- Erik Gudbranson (upper body) is on Injured Reserve on Oct. 16 (59 Games)
- Sean Monahan (upper body) is on Injured Reserve retroactive to Jan. 7 (21 Games)
- Kevin Labanc (shoulder) is on Injured Reserve as of Feb. 21 and out for the season (6 Games)
- Cole Sillinger is day-to-day with an upper body injury (3 Games)
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 266
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on FanDuel Sports Network. Steve Mears will be on the play-by-play. The radio broadcast will be on 97.1 The Fan, with Bob McElligott behind the mic doing the play-by-play.
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