Preview: Rangers Head North to Take on the Senators

Rangers (27-26-5, 59 pts) at Senators (20-27-9, 49 pts)

2 pm; Canadian Tire Centre; Ottawa

MSG Network; ESPN 98.7 FM

The teams have split the first two meetings of the season, with the home team winning each time. Ottawa enters tonight's game second from the bottom in the Eastern Conference, and have gone 5-5 over the last 10 games.
The Senators made a splash on the trade market earlier this week, acquiring former Ranger Marian Gaborik as part of a package that sent defenseman Dion Phaneuf to the Los Angeles Kings.
Mark Stone leads the club with 18 goals and 47 points, followed by Mike Hoffman's 39 points in 56 games. Defenseman Erik Karlsson leads the club with 39 34 assists, and has 39 points in 51 games.
Goaltender Craig Anderson is 16-17-5 with a .903 SV% and a 3.17 GAA in 42 games thus far.

Players to Watch

Mika Zibanejad has enjoyed playing against his former team. The center has goals in both of the games he's faced against the Senators since his arrival in New York in the summer of 2016.
Gaborik made a strong first impression with his new club following his trade earlier this week to Canada's capital city. The former Blueshirt had a goal and added an assist in a 3-2 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres.

Rangers Lines from Friday

Rick Nash - Mika Zibanejad - Mats Zuccarello
Michael Grabner - J.T. Miller - Pavel Buchnevich
Jimmy Vesey - David Desharnais - Jesper Fast
Paul Carey - Peter Holland - Cody McLeod
Nick Holden - Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei - Neal Pionk
John Gilmour - Ryan Sproul

Inside the Numbers

The Blueshirts have earned at least one point in 11 of their last 16 regular season contests on the road against Ottawa, dating back to Jan. 10, 2009 (10-5-1 record).