Chicago Blackhawks (11-24-2, eighth in the Central Division) vs. New York Rangers (25-10-1, first in the Metropolitan Division)
New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Blackhawks are looking to end their three-game slide with a win over the New York Rangers.
New York is 12-5-0 at home and 25-10-1 overall. The Rangers are 13-5-0 in games they have fewer penalties than their opponent.
Chicago is 4-15-1 on the road and 11-24-2 overall. The Blackhawks have gone 3-12-0 in games their opponents serve fewer penalty minutes.
The teams meet Thursday for the first time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Artemi Panarin has 23 goals and 27 assists for the Rangers. Mika Zibanejad has scored seven goals with nine assists over the past 10 games.
Connor Bedard has 15 goals and 18 assists for the Blackhawks. Nick Foligno has four goals and one assist over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 6-4-0, averaging 3.6 goals, 6.2 assists, 3.2 penalties and seven penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game.
Blackhawks: 2-7-1, averaging 2.2 goals, 4.1 assists, 3.6 penalties and 8.9 penalty minutes while giving up 4.3 goals per game.
INJURIES: Rangers: Kaapo Kakko: out (undisclosed), Filip Chytil: out (upper-body).
Blackhawks: Seth Jones: out (upper body), Anthony Beauvillier: day to day (arm), Luke Philp: out (achilles), Taylor Hall: out for season (knee), Tyler Johnson: out (foot), Samuel Savoie: out (leg), Joey Anderson: out (shoulder), Andreas Athanasiou: out (groin), Taylor Raddysh: out (groin).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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