New York, aiming to continue its winning streak, hosts Montreal

Montreal Canadiens (22-23-8, sixth in Atlantic Division) and New York Rangers (34-16-3, first in Metropolitan Division)

New york; Thursday, 7:00 PM EST

Bottom Line: The New York Rangers host the Montreal Canadiens, riding a five-game winning streak.

New York has a 34-16-3 record overall and an 18-7-0 home record. The Rangers conceded 145 goals while scoring 171 for a +26 goal differential.

Montreal was 11-9-5 in road games and 22-23-8 overall. The Canadiens are committing 10.8 penalties per game to rank sixth in the NHL.

Thursday's game will be the second time these teams square off this season. In the previous meeting, the Canadians won the shootout 4-3. Nicholas Suzuki led the Canadians with two goals.

TOP PERFORMERS: Mika Zibanejad had 16 goals and 32 assists for the Rangers. Jimmy Vesey has four goals in his last 10 games.

Michael Matheson scored seven goals and had 32 assists for the Canadians. Suzuki has seven goals and seven assists in his last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 6-3-1, averaging 2.9 goals, 5.1 assists, 2.9 penalties and 6.4 penalty minutes, giving up 2.2 goals per game.

Canadiens: 4-5-1, averaging three goals, five assists, five penalties and 14.1 penalty minutes, giving up 3.7 goals per game.

INJURIES: Rangers: Filip Chytil: Out for the season (upper body).

Canadiens: Kirby Dach: out for the season (knee), Christian Dvorak: out (chest), Jordan Harris: day-to-day (upper body), Rafael Harvey-Pinard: out (lower body).

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The Associated Press produced this story using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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