Colorado hosts New York after Burakovsky's 3-goal game

New York Rangers (18-6-3, third in the Metropolitan) vs. Colorado Avalanche (16-7-2, third in the Central)

Denver; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST

LINE: Avalanche -213, Rangers +173; over/under is 6.5

BOTTOM LINE: Colorado hosts the New York Rangers after Andre Burakovsky scored three goals in the Avalanche's 3-2 victory over the Panthers.

The Avalanche are 9-2-1 at home. Colorado averages 11.6 points per game to lead the Western Conference, recording 4.3 goals and 7.3 assists per game.

The Rangers are 10-3-2 on the road. New York is eighth in the Eastern Conference recording 7.7 points per game, averaging 2.9 goals and 4.8 assists.

In their last meeting on Dec. 8, Colorado won 7-3. Mikko Rantanen scored a team-high two goals for the Avalanche in the victory.

TOP PERFORMERS: Rantanen leads the Avalanche with 12 goals and has 27 points. Burakovsky has six goals and one assist over the last 10 games for Colorado.

Artemi Panarin has 32 total points while scoring nine goals and totaling 23 assists for the Rangers. Jacob Trouba has five goals over the last 10 games for New York.

LAST 10 GAMES: Avalanche: 7-2-1, averaging 4.8 goals, 8.4 assists, 4.4 penalties and 11.6 penalty minutes while giving up 3.5 goals per game with an .885 save percentage.

Rangers: 8-2-0, averaging 3.3 goals, 6.3 assists, 4.3 penalties and 12.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.1 goals per game with a .929 save percentage.

INJURIES: Avalanche: Bowen Byram: day to day (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog: out (lower-body), Nazem Kadri: day to day (lower body), Ryan Murray: day to day (lower body).

Rangers: Nils Lundkvist: day to day (illness).

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