BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers face off in Eastern Conference action. Boston has a 13-8-1 record at home and a 23-19-2 record overall. The Bruins serve 13.9 penalty minutes per game to rank first in NHL play.

But Samuelsson, who’s been defying expectations all season, saw a footrace worth winning. He gained possession at the bottom of the left circle and ripped a sharp-angle, short-side dagger past Rangers goalie Jonathan Quick to seal another road victory.

A New York assemblyman reintroduced a bill that would restrict prediction markets, barring bets on individual sports matches, war, and more.

The Original Six contenders collide on Saturday on ABC and the ESPN app. Here's how to tune in, and what to watch.

It's time for the New York Rangers to wave the white flag.

Two teams at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings hit the ice when the ninth-place Buffalo Sabres (22-15-4) visit the 14th-place New York Rangers (20-18-6) at Madison Square Garden on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET. Buffalo claimed a 5-3 victory at home its last time out on Jan. 6 against the Vancouver Canucks.

New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin, 30, the 2022 Vezina Trophy winner and face of the franchise, left his team's 3-2 overtime loss to the Utah Mammoth on Monday night midway through the first period with what the team labeled a lower-body injury.

Guerin, Sullivan and the U.S. leadership group believe the team they sent to last year’s 4 Nations Face-Off clicked on and off the ice, capturing a feeling of camaraderie that they wanted to tinker with as little as possible. That aided Trocheck’s case, as well as Rangers captain J.T. Miller.

Vincent Trocheck’s frustration boiled over in the second period of the Rangers’ 5-2 loss to the Sabres on Thursday night at the Garden.