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BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers face off in Eastern Conference action. Boston is 25-22-6 overall and 16-8-3 in home games. The Bruins rank first in league play serving 11.0 penalty minutes per game. New York is 12-11-2 on the road and 24-22-4 overall. The Rangers have an 18-7-3 record when scoring three or more goals.

Peter Laviolette has deployed the same skaters in the past eight games, but the Rangers head coach put the lines in a blender on the way to a 4-0 loss to the Hurricanes on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.

Artemi Panarin, Vincent Trocheck and Alexis Lafreniere were the most productive line at five-on-five in the NHL last season.

Panarin scored a goal, registered an assist and took five shots on net in Sunday's 5-4 loss to the Avalanche.

The Rangers fell to the Avalanche 5-4 with 15 seconds left in regulation, and the point that got away could be costly.

The New York Rangers close their season-series with the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden (1:00 PM ET - TV: MSG Network - Radio: ESPN 880 AM). Five of New York’s next six games will be played at MSG.

Cale Makar scored twice and set up the tiebreaking goal by Artturi Lehkonen with 15 seconds remaining as the revamped Colorado Avalanche blew a pair of two-goal leads before earning a dramatic 5-4 victory over the host New York Rangers on Sunday afternoon.

The Rangers fell 4-0 to the Hurricanes on Tuesday. Carolina capitalized on each egregious New York mistake, notching all four goals in that matter. The Rangers surrendered goals in the first minute of the first period and last minute of the second,

The New York Rangers will face the Montreal Canadiens in this NHL matchup at the Bell Centre on Sunday, January 19th. WATCH: Rangers vs Canadiens Live | Stream

After dropping their second straight game, the Rangers have little room for error at this point in the season.

The Maven opens his column for questions about the Blueshirts. The following gem comes via via Brooklyn from ardent Rangers fan Breezy Linde.