Carolina at New York

Carolina has a winning road record because of a strong defense, #11 in the NHL in goals allowed. Goalie Scott Darling has turned aside eight of nine shots in relief on Friday versus Toronto before stopping 68-of-73 shots in back-to-back shootouts versus Nashville and Columbus. They face a New York team that is not strong on defense at #19 in goals allowed, and just lost its top offensive player. Rangers center Mika Zibanejad (11 goals, 11 assists) is out with a concussion and replacing his offense at even strength and on the power play will be difficult. New York comes off a 5-4 loss to Florida as a -170 home favorite and is 4-12 in Metropolitan Division play. Play Carolina.