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Rangers vs. Blue Jackets free live stream (2/28/24): Watch NHL online | Time, channel. The New York Rangers host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 (2/28/2024) at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
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The Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Rangers meet on Wednesday night in the second game of a home-and-home set.
Here’s what you need to know:
What: NHL regular season
Who: Blue Jackets @ Rangers
When: Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024
Time: 7 p.m.
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
TV: MSG, Bally Sports
New York is hungry for payback, after the Blue Jackets ended the Rangers 10-game winning streak with a 4-2 win at Nationwide Arena on Sunday. In the fiery contest, Blue Jackets forward Mathieu Olivier got into a bloody fist fight with Rangers rookie Matt Rempe, who has now seen fights in four of the five games he’s played. Now on home ice, New York will try to get back in the win column, and fans will be on the lookout for more grudges to erupt during the game.
Columbus Blue Jackets (19-28-10, eighth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. New York Rangers (39-17-3, first in the Metropolitan Division)
New York; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Rangers will try to keep their five-game home win streak alive when they play the Columbus Blue Jackets.
New York has a 10-5-0 record in Metropolitan Division play and a 39-17-3 record overall. The Rangers have gone 21-7-1 in games they have fewer penalties than their opponent.
Columbus has gone 19-28-10 overall with a 4-10-3 record in Metropolitan Division play. The Blue Jackets have gone 6-6-9 in games decided by a goal.
The teams meet Wednesday for the fourth time this season. The Blue Jackets won 4-2 in the last meeting.
TOP PERFORMERS: Artemi Panarin has 33 goals and 45 assists for the Rangers. Chris Kreider has scored six goals with three assists over the past 10 games.
Boone Jenner has 18 goals and eight assists for the Blue Jackets. Dmitri Voronkov has scored five goals and added one assist over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 9-1-0, averaging 3.6 goals, 6.2 assists, 4.1 penalties and 9.9 penalty minutes while giving up 2.1 goals per game.
Blue Jackets: 4-5-1, averaging 2.9 goals, five assists, 4.4 penalties and 10.2 penalty minutes while giving up 3.2 goals per game.
INJURIES: Rangers: Blake Wheeler: out for season (lower-body), Filip Chytil: out for season (upper-body).
Blue Jackets: Patrik Laine: out (collarbone), Adam Fantilli: out (leg).
Expect the intensity on the ice to be high when the New York Rangers (39-17-3) host the Columbus Blue Jackets (19-28-10) at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. This is the second game of a home-and-home between the two teams, who just played each other on Sunday in Columbus. That was the most recent game for both teams. Columbus won that game 4-2, scoring three goals in the second period to pull away for the win. The game was played at a very fast pace, and the Blue Jackets outshot the Rangers 41-40 for the game - despite the Rangers winning 55.9% of the faceoffs.
With that win the Blue Jackets halted what had been a 10-game winning streak for the Rangers, which began all the way back before the All-Star break. The Rangers didn't just win games during that stretch - they dominated. Of the 10 wins, six came by multi-goal margins. Offensively, the Rangers averaged 4.1 goals per game during that stretch.
Wednesday's game isn't just the second half of a home-and-home, but the final of four meetings of the year between these two teams. The Blue Jackets won the first matchup 5-3 in Columbus in mid-October, then a month later the Rangers defended home ice with a 4-3 shootout win.