The Rangers are in St. Louis to finish their final back to back of the 2022-2023 regular season. St. Louis is out of the race, having sold off most of their assets at the trade deadline. They still have some offensive talent up and down the lineup, so while this is clearly an inferior team, they are a team that can make the Rangers pay for mistakes with the puck.
The Blueshirts are still without Patrick Kane as he rests his hip. Ben Harpur will be in and the Rangers are running 11F/7D.