Florida Panthers (10-0-1, first in the Atlantic) vs. New York Rangers (6-3-3, second in the Metropolitan)
New York; Monday, 7 p.m. EST
LINE: Rangers -105, Panthers -116; over/under is 5.5
BOTTOM LINE: New York is looking to stop its three-game skid with a victory against Florida.
The Rangers are 4-1-0 in conference games. New York averages 9.4 penalty minutes per game, the seventh-most in the Eastern Conference. Jacob Trouba leads the team serving 17 total minutes.
The Panthers are 8-0-1 in conference games. Florida ranks second in the league with 33.6 shots per game and is averaging 4.2 goals.
The teams meet Monday for the first time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Adam Fox leads the Rangers with 10 assists and has 12 points this season. Chris Kreider has six goals over the last 10 games for New York.
Anthony Duclair leads the Panthers with a plus-11 in 11 games this season. Aleksander Barkov has seven goals and three assists over the last 10 games for Florida.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 6-2-2, averaging 2.6 goals, 3.9 assists, four penalties and 8.9 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game with a .924 save percentage.
Panthers: 9-0-1, averaging 4.1 goals, 7.2 assists, 3.8 penalties and nine penalty minutes while allowing 1.9 goals per game with a .939 save percentage.
INJURIES: Rangers: None listed.
Panthers: Sam Bennett: day to day (upper body), Aleksander Barkov: day to day (lower body), Sergei Bobrovsky: day to day (upper body).
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