The set-up: The 27-13-1 New York Rangers visit Nationwide Arena Saturday in Columbus to take on the 27-6-4 Columbus Blue Jackets. Both teams play in the highly competitive Metropolitan Division, as four of the division's teams rank among the top-five in the Eastern Conference. Columbus currently sits atop the division with 58 points but that's just three points more than the third-place Rangers.

NY Rangers: The Rangers have won four of their last five, including a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers Wednesday (have won 11 of their last 16). They own a league-leading 14 wins on the road this season (14-6-0) and the team's 141 goals (3.39 per) make them the league's highest-scoring squad. Henrik Lundqvist is 9-4-1 with a 2.49 goals-against average versus Columbus and is expected to be in goal tonight, looking to avenge a 4-2 loss he and the Rangers suffered at the hands of the Blue Jackets in Columbus back on Nov 18.

Columbus: The Blue Jackets came up one victory shy of matching the longest win streak in NHL history, as their 16-game winning streak ended with a 5-0 loss at Washington on Thursday, the team's first defeat since Nov. 26. Columbus must quickly regroup, as the Blue jackets host the Rangers, who had a seven-game winning streak in the series halted in that 4-2 loss at Columbus on Nov. 18. Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky leads the league in wins (25) and owns a .930 save percentage. He was in net for 14 of the 16 games during the streak but allowed five goals on just 23 shots against the Caps.
The pick: Lundqvist and Bobrovsky are top-notch goaltenders but the Rangers average 3.35 GPG on the road, while the Blue Jackets average 3.84 GPG at home. The Over is a 8* play.