New York; Thursday, 7 pm EST
BETMGM SPORTS BETTING LINE: Islanders -132, Rangers +110; plus/minus is 6
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Bottom line: The New York Islanders face the New York Rangers in a Metropolitan Division matchup on Thursday.
New York is 22-26-6 overall and 6-7-1 against the Metropolitan Division. The Rangers are 19-5-1 in games in which they score three or more goals.
New York is 29-19-5 overall and 9-5-2 against the Metropolitan Division. The Islanders are 13-4-2 when scoring a power-play goal.
The teams play Thursday for the fourth time this season. The Islanders won the last meeting 5-2.
TOP PERFORMERS: Artemi Panarin has 19 goals and 38 assists for the Rangers. Mika Zibanejad has seven goals and six assists in the last 10 games.
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Bo Horvat has 21 goals and 13 assists for the Islanders. Jean-Gabriel Pageau has scored five goals and two assists in the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 2-8-0, averaging 2.9 goals, 5.3 assists, 3.4 penalties and 7.4 penalty minutes and allowing 4.6 goals per game.
Islanders: 5-4-1, averaging 2.6 goals, 4.5 assists, 3.2 penalties and 6.4 penalty minutes and conceding 2.5 goals per game.
INJURIES: Rangers: None listed.
Islanders: None on the list.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.