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Oilers visit the Rangers after Nugent-Hopkins’ 2-goal game

Edmonton Oilers (10-2-2, in the Pacific Division) vs. New York Rangers (7-6-1, in the Metropolitan Division)

New York; Sunday, 6 p.m. EST

LINE: Rangers -127, Oilers +105; over/under is 6.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Edmonton Oilers visit the New York Rangers after Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored two goals in the Oilers’ 4-0 win over the New York Islanders.

New York has a 6-1-0 record at home and a 7-6-1 record overall. The Rangers have a 4-0-0 record when they commit fewer penalties than their opponent.

Edmonton has gone 5-0-0 in road games and 10-2-2 overall. The Oilers have gone 6-1-1 when they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent.

Sunday’s game is the first time these teams square off this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Alexis Lafreniere has nine goals and seven assists for the Rangers. Oliver Bjorkstrand has five goals and one assist over the last 10 games.

Evan Bouchard has seven goals and 16 assists for the Oilers. Leon Draisaitl has nine goals and eight assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 4-5-1, averaging 3.3 goals, six assists, 3.8 penalties and 9.6 penalty minutes while giving up 3.2 goals per game.

Oilers: 7-2-1, averaging 3.7 goals, 6.5 assists, 3.2 penalties and 7.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.4 goals per game.

INJURIES: Rangers: Sean Durzi: day to day (undisclosed), Joseph Veleno: out (lower-body), Braden Schneider: day to day (illness), James Reimer: day to day (upper-body), Igor Shesterkin: out for season (lower body), Joonas Korpisalo: out (lower-body), Aidan Thompson: out (undisclosed), Adam Sykora: out (lower-body).

Oilers: Alec Regula: out (undisclosed), Devon Levi: out (undisclosed), Atro Leppanen: out (undisclosed), Isaac Howard: day to day (lower body), Zach Hyman: out (neck), Frederik Andersen: out (knee), Matt Savoie: out (lower-body), Mattias Janmark: out (undisclosed).

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