Seattle Kraken (19-15-9, fifth in the Pacific Division) vs. New York Rangers (27-13-2, first in the Metropolitan Division)
New York; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Rangers -202, Kraken +166; over/under is 5.5
BOTTOM LINE: The Metropolitan Division-leading New York Rangers host the Seattle Kraken.
New York has a 14-6-0 record in home games and a 27-13-2 record overall. The Rangers have a 14-6-1 record in games they have fewer penalties than their opponent.
Seattle has a 10-7-6 record on the road and a 19-15-9 record overall. The Kraken have scored and given up 121 goals this season for an even scoring differential.
The teams meet Tuesday for the second time this season. The Rangers won 4-1 in the previous meeting.
TOP PERFORMERS: Vincent Trocheck has 13 goals and 30 assists for the Rangers. Alexis Lafreniere has two goals and six assists over the last 10 games.
Jared McCann has 16 goals and 10 assists for the Kraken. Oliver Bjorkstrand has two goals and six assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 4-5-1, averaging three goals, 5.1 assists, 3.2 penalties and 6.7 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game.
Kraken: 9-1-0, averaging 3.2 goals, 5.4 assists, 2.6 penalties and 5.7 penalty minutes while giving up 1.5 goals per game.
INJURIES: Rangers: Tyler Pitlick: out (lower body), Filip Chytil: out (upper-body).
Kraken: Matty Beniers: day to day (upper body), Adam Larsson: day to day (illness), Pierre-Edouard Bellemare: out (leg), Philipp Grubauer: out (lower body), Vince Dunn: day to day (undisclosed), Andre Burakovsky: day to day (lower 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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