On Monday night, the New York Rangers will visit the Florida Panthers in a rematch of the Eastern Conference final from the previous season.
The NHL Network will broadcast the game live on ESPN+, Fubo TV (add-on, FREE trial), Sling TV (add-on, discount), and DirecTV Stream (add-on, FREE trial and discount). The game from Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida, is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Monday.
This season, New York (16-18-1, in the Metropolitan Division) is 9-9 away from home and has dropped three straight games.
The Rangers’ most recent game was a 6-2 loss to Tampa Bay on Saturday night.
Vincent Trocheck scored for New York shorthandedly, and Artemi Panarin scored on a power play. At 8:08 in the second period, Igor Shesterkin was pulled after giving up five goals on 13 shots. On 12 shots, Jonathan Quick gave up one goal.
The Rangers are 2-8 in their last 10 games and 4-14 in their previous 18 games after a good start.
Vincent Trocheck has three goals and four assists in the last ten games, while Artemi Panarin has 16 goals and 21 assists for the Rangers.
Shesterkin is 11-14-0-1 with a 3.16 goals-against average after 26 games.
The surging Montreal Canadiens defeated Florida 4-0 on Saturday, when Florida played last.
In his NHL debut, Jakub Dobes saved 34 shots, and Kirby Dach scored two goals in the victory for the first time in almost two years. Since Daren Puppa for Buffalo at Edmonton on November 1, 1985, Dobes became the only goalie to earn a shutout against the reigning Stanley Cup champion in his NHL debut, according to STATS.
For the first time since 2003, Florida was shut out in back-to-back home games. The Panthers’ last game before facing Dobes and the Canadiens on Saturday was a 4-0 loss to Tampa Bay on December 23.
During the second period of an NHL hockey game on Saturday, December 28, 2024, in Sunrise, Florida, defenseman Lane Hutson (48) of the Montreal Canadiens skates with the puck while center Sam Reinhart (13) of the Florida Panthers chases. (Photo courtesy of Lynne Sladky)AP
Florida, which is currently 10-7-1 at home and 6-4 in its last 10 games this season, had Spencer Knight save 21 shots for the team (22-13-2, in the Atlantic Division).
Over the last ten games, Matthew Tkachuk has five goals and two assists, while Aleksander Barkov Jr. has ten goals and twenty-three assists for the Panthers.
With 24 starts, Sergei Bobrovsky leads the Panthers. He has a 2.80 goals-against average and is 16-7-0-1.
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