New York visits St. Louis after Trocheck's 2-goal game

Updated Jan. 10, 2024 4:11 a.m. ET

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New York Rangers (26-11-2, first in the Metropolitan Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (20-18-1, sixth in the Central Division)

St. Louis; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Rangers visit the St. Louis Blues after Vincent Trocheck scored two goals in the Rangers' 6-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks.

St. Louis has a 12-7-0 record at home and a 20-18-1 record overall. The Blues have given up 124 goals while scoring 108 for a -16 scoring differential.

New York is 26-11-2 overall and 13-5-2 in road games. The Rangers have gone 15-8-0 in games they score at least one power-play goal.

The teams meet Thursday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jake Neighbours has scored 12 goals with three assists for the Blues. Robert Thomas has four goals and seven assists over the last 10 games.

Artemi Panarin has 26 goals and 30 assists for the Rangers. Mika Zibanejad has scored five goals with eight assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blues: 6-4-0, averaging 2.5 goals, 4.2 assists, 2.5 penalties and 5.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game.

Rangers: 5-4-1, averaging 3.6 goals, 6.3 assists, 2.4 penalties and 5.4 penalty minutes while giving up three goals per game.

INJURIES: Blues: Anton Malmstrom: out (undisclosed), Josh Jacobs: out (undisclosed), Justin Faulk: out (lower-body).

Rangers: Tyler Pitlick: out (lower body), Kaapo Kakko: out (undisclosed), Filip Chytil: out (upper-body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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