Nashville visits New York after Smith’s 2-goal game

Nashville Predators (21-31-7, in the Central Division) vs. New York Rangers (29-26-4, in the Metropolitan Division)

New York; Sunday, 7 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rangers -181, Predators +151; over/under is 6

BOTTOM LINE: The Nashville Predators visit the New York Rangers after Cole Smith scored two goals in the Predators’ 7-4 loss to the New York Islanders.

New York has a 14-13-2 record in home games and a 29-26-4 record overall. The Rangers have gone 23-8-3 when scoring three or more goals.

Nashville is 6-19-4 on the road and 21-31-7 overall. The Predators are 17-7-1 when scoring three or more goals.

Sunday’s game is the second meeting between these teams this season. The Predators won 2-0 in the last meeting.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jonathan Tanner Miller has 14 goals and 31 assists for the Rangers. Will Cuylle has four goals over the past 10 games.

Filip Forsberg has 22 goals and 32 assists for the Predators. Thomas Novak has scored four goals with one assist over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 5-5-0, averaging three goals, 5.2 assists, 2.6 penalties and six penalty minutes while giving up 3.4 goals per game.

Predators: 3-7-0, averaging 2.2 goals, 3.7 assists, 3.8 penalties and 8.5 penalty minutes while giving up 3.7 goals per game.

INJURIES: Rangers: None listed.

Predators: None listed.

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