Bruins and Rangers both have 52 points, but the Blueshirts have 4 games in hand.
Last 10 games, Rangers are 8-2-0 (16 pts), Bs are 6-1-3 (15 pts), so both trending upward.
Derek Stepan, will not play Thursday. He sustained an upper-body injury in the first period Tuesday of a 3-0 loss to the New York Islanders at Madison Square Garden, did not practice Wednesday and is listed day-to-day.
@AGrossRecord: So #NYR lines sans Stepan: Nash-Brassard-Zuccarello Kreider-Miller-St. Louis Hagelin-DMoore-Stempniak Glass-Hayes-Fast
AV confirmed Cam Talbot (4-3-1, 2.06 GAA, .929 Sv%) will get the start.