Rangers @ Canadiens

Who will WIN this matchup?

New York Rangers (13-11-2)

@ Montreal Canadiens (11-9-5)

Starting Goalies:

Alexandar Georgiev (NYR): Confirmed

Carey Price (MON): Unconfirmed

Current odds:

New York Rangers: (+155)

Montreal Canadiens: (-175)

• The New York Rangers are at a loss for their struggles away from home and they will seek their first regulation road victory of the season when they visit the skidding Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night. The Rangers opened the two-game road trip with a 3-0 loss in Ottawa on Thursday night — their ninth defeat in 12 games (3-7-2) away from Madison Square Garden. New York’s players are flummoxed by the wide disparity of success at home versus the road — the Rangers are 10-4-0 at home but all three road wins have come beyond regulation.

• The Canadiens have more pressing concerns than New York — Tuesday’s 2-1 loss to Carolina marked the team’s fifth consecutive defeat overall (0-3-2) and third in a row at home. “Obviously, it’s a situation we got to turn around,” Montreal captain Shea Weber said after Friday’s practice. “We keep repeating ourselves: we did a lot of good things, but we didn’t win last game.”

• Though New York has dropped three of four and been shut out twice, forward Chris Kreider has six goals and 10 points in his last 10 games overall and seven points in the last seven matchups versus Montreal. The team’s leading goal scorer with 13, Kreider was not interested in excuses for the lack of success on the road. “I know we’re a young team, but we’ve got to figure out how to play on the road,” said Kreider, who also is tied for the team lead with 21 points. “There’s no road way to play, there’s no home way to play – there’s a right way to play.”

• Weber made his season debut in Tuesday’s loss and did not ease back into the lineup, playing a game-high 25:19 and drawing an assist on Montreal’s lone goal by Phillip Danault. Although Weber echoed Danault’s sentiments that the Canadiens had two solid practices this week, he said he prefers game action. “I’d probably just rather play a bunch of games, get back into games,” Weber said after Friday’s practice. “It’s good to practice and get things going that way, but I’ve had time to practice before and it wasn’t the same as a game.”

• Rangers rookie G Alexandar Georgiev will make his seventh start of the season Saturday.

• Canadiens coach Claude Julien said he was undecided on the goalie rotation for the weekend back-to-back set.

• New York recalled D Vinni Lettieri from Hartford of the American Hockey League.