New York Rangers (6-3, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (2-3, in the Metropolitan Division)

Columbus, Ohio; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Rangers visit the Columbus Blue Jackets in a matchup within the Metropolitan Division Saturday.

Columbus is 1-0-0 against the Metropolitan Division and 2-3 overall. The Blue Jackets are 1-2-0 in games they score three or more goals.

New York is 1-2-0 against the Metropolitan Division and 6-3 overall. The Rangers serve 11.8 penalty minutes per game to rank second in the league.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two clubs.

INJURIES: Blue Jackets: Caleb MacDonald: out (lower-body), Dante Fabbro: out (upper-body), Isac Lundestrom: out (achilles), Ivan Provorov: out (lower-body).

Rangers: Joseph Veleno: out (lower-body), Igor Shesterkin: out for season (lower body), Joonas Korpisalo: out (lower-body), Aidan Thompson: out (undisclosed), Adam Sykora: out (lower-body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.