Time, tv, odds and notes

New York sits four points behind Boston in the playoff image after consecutive defeat after a 6-0-2 stretch. Coach Peter Laviolette’s team has been inactive from game action since Tuesday when Carolina Hurricanes closed them, 4-0.

“Go up, keep trust, keep the positivity, and just keep playing as we have been and we get a good chance every night,” said the New York Center Vincent Trocheck.

Rangers’ recent two losses leave them at 8-3-3 in January.

Here’s your preview.

When: Saturday at. 15.30

Where: TD Garden, Boston

TV, radio: ABC, WBZ-FM 98.5

Line: Boston -115. O/u: 5.5.

Rangers

Seasonal record: 24-22-4. vs. spread: 20-30. Over/below: 23-26, 1 push

Last 10 games: 6-2-2. vs. spread: 6-4. Over/below: 4-6

Bruins

Seasonal record: 25-22-6. vs. spread: 19-34. Over/below: 27-25, 1 push

Last 10 games: 5-4-1. vs. spread: 6-4. Over/below: 7-3

Team statistics

Goals scored: New Rangers 148, Boston 143

Goals allowed: New Rangers 152, Boston 171

Power Play: New Rangers 19.8%, Boston 14.2%

Penalties: New Rangers 441, Boston 582

Penalty murder: New Rangers 83.7%, Boston 75.2%

Faceoffs won: New Rangers 53.5%, Boston 51.9%

Today’s State: Charlie McAvoy Sports a Plus minus at -5 in his last three matches against New York, dating back to November 2023.

Notes: Bruins’ loss to Winnipeg was their second straight defeat and the 14th game this season as they allowed five or more goals. “It’s just been like this year,” McAvoy said. “I feel that if we knew exactly what was wrong, we would have stopped it now. We just had a way of letting it put together. “… As Rangers looks after a positive start to a new month, Massachusett’s native Jimmy Vesey is undergoing a difficult stretch. A veteran of the 609 career NHL game, Vesey has been a healthy scratch in eight equal and recently the New York Post told him he feels he has “no role or purpose on this team.” Vesey has only three goals this season and has not played since January 11, when 22-year-old Matt Rempe has taken his former fourth line with Adam Edstrom and Sam Carrick.

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