NFL Round Table Show
Having won four of their past six road games, the New York Rangers (4th in Metropolitan Division) are traveling to Los Angeles, where the local Kings (2nd in Pacific) are riding a five-game winning streak.
The New York Rangers (9-6-4) went 1-0-1 on their current four-date road trip after extending their ongoing point run to three fixtures (2-0-1) following a 2-1 triumph against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Saturday. Julien Gauthier (3 goals, 4 points this year) opened the scoring with a deflection at 13:57 of the third period before Adam Fox (6 goals, 21 points) made it 2-0 with an empty-netter 67 seconds from time, with the Sharks able to respond with just a single marker 50 seconds later. The Blueshirts are 3-1-1 in their past five overall contests and 4-1-1 on their most recent six travels.
Goalie Igor Shesterkin turned aside 22 shots on Saturday and has now gone 9-2-3 for the ongoing season with a 2.34 GAA and a .917 save percentage. He has registered a perfect 2-0-0 past tally versus Los Angeles with a 1.45 GAA and a .96 2 save percentage, while Jaroslav Halak (0-4-1 on the year with a 3.22 GAA and a .883 save percentage) is 6-10-3 against the Kings historically with a 2.38 GAA and a .916 save percentage. The Rangers, meanwhile, are 12th in least goals scored per game in 2022-23 (2.95), 7th in least goals allowed on average (2.68), 9th in power play (23.5%; 16-for-68) and 5th in penalty kill (83.1%; 49-for-59).