New York Rangers (24-9-1, first in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (17-14-5, fourth in the Atlantic Division)
Tampa, Florida; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Lightning -113, Rangers -108; over/under is 6
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning play the Eastern Conference-leading New York Rangers.
Tampa Bay is 17-14-5 overall and 10-4-3 at home. The Lightning have scored 119 total goals (3.3 per game) to rank sixth in the league.
New York has gone 12-5-1 in road games and 24-9-1 overall. The Rangers have gone 20-5-1 in games they score at least three goals.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season between the two clubs.
TOP PERFORMERS: Nikita Kucherov has scored 24 goals with 34 assists for the Lightning. Victor Hedman has nine assists over the last 10 games.
Chris Kreider has scored 17 goals with 15 assists for the Rangers. Mika Zibanejad has eight goals and eight assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Lightning: 6-4-0, averaging 3.2 goals, 5.8 assists, 4.4 penalties and 11.9 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game.
Rangers: 6-4-0, averaging 3.4 goals, 5.8 assists, 3.4 penalties and 8.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game.
INJURIES: Lightning: Mikhail Sergachev: day to day (lower body).
Rangers: Kaapo Kakko: out (undisclosed), Filip Chytil: out (upper-body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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