WHO: Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers
WHERE: Madison Square Garden, New York
WHEN: 7 p.m.
TV/RADIO: Sun Sports/970 AM
INJURIES: Lightning — D Mattias Ohlund (knee), RW Dana Tyrell (knee), out; LW Ryan Malone (upper body), questionable. Rangers — D Michael Sauer (concussion), out.
ALL-TIME SERIES: Tampa Bay is 35-35-8, including 17-20-3 at Madison Square Garden.
NEED TO KNOW: This is the third of four meetings; each won on the road, including a Tampa Bay shootout victory at MSG on Dec. 8. … The Rangers are 16-6-2 at home, where they have allowed 45 goals, second-fewest in the league. … The Lightning are in a 6-for-63 slump on the power play, including 3-for-48 in the past 13 road games. … New York ranks fifth in penalty kill (87.1 percent). … Rangers G Henrik Lundqvist is tied for the league lead in save percentage (.939) and shutouts (6) and is second in goals-against average (1.80). He is 14-7-5 against Tampa Bay with a 2.09 GAA and a .925 save percentage. … New York is 24-1-2 when scoring first. …The Rangers have killed 46 of 50 power plays (92 percent) in the past 18 games. … Tampa Bay has killed 12 consecutive power plays and 22 of the past 23.
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