Kane-NYR 11-15

RANGERS (9-7-2) at BLACKHAWKS (8-8-2)
8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NHL.TV

The Rangers have scored at least four goals in five of their past six games and are 8-for-19 (42.1 percent) on the power play during the longest active winning streak in the NHL.
Goalie Corey Crawford is expected to start for the Blackhawks. Crawford is 0-3-0 in his past three games and has allowed 11 goals since earning consecutive shutouts in his previous two appearances.

Players to watch

Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich has goals in three consecutive games and has 11 points (seven goals, four assists) in his past nine.
Blackhawks rookie forward Alex DeBrincat has seven points (five goals, two assists) in his past seven games after getting four points (one goal, three assists) in his first 11.

They said it

"Play our game. The better team you face, the more important it is to focus on the things that are going to help you have success. To go into that building, you need to be really focused on what we need to do in our own end and all over the ice really, and play a very disciplined game." -- Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist
"[Their] power play's extremely hot and dangerous. Play a real structured team game, patient in a lot of ways. They have four really deep lines and they're balanced on the back end, and obviously [have] a real experienced goaltender. So they're solid. That's the way they play throughout the game. They don't give you anything and they'll take whatever you give them as well." -- Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville on the challenges the Rangers present

Rangers projected lineup
Blackhawks projected lineup
Status report

Rangers extras skated Wednesday. … Keith did not participate in the morning skate but Quenneville said he should be good to go.

Stat pack

Shattenkirk has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) during his seven-game point streak. ... Nash has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past seven games. ... Toews has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past 13 games after getting six points (three goals, three assists) in his first five.