The Arizona Coyotes will travel to New York, New York to face the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Monday night at 7:00 PM ET with the game airing on the Script Network.

The Arizona Coyotes enter this game with a record of 1-0 following a 4-3 shootout win on the road against the New Jersey Devils on Friday. Arizona scored three goals with Nick Schmaltz, Matt Dumba, and Sean Durzi scoring the three goals against New Jersey. Logan Cooley and Clayton Keller accounted for two assists while Nick Schmaltz recorded an assist in the win against the Devils. Karel Vejmela had a solid start as the starting goalie for the Arizona Coyotes with 33 saves off 36 shots on goal with a .917 save percentage and allowing three goals. Connor Ingram will be the starting goalie for the Arizona Coyotes after finishing last season with a record of 6-13-8 with a .907 save percentage while allowing an average of 3.36 goals per game.

New York enters this game with a record of 1-1 following a 3-5 loss on the road against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. The Rangers scored three goals with Will Cuylle, Chris Kreider, and Erik Gustafsson accounting for the three goals against the Blue Jackets. Adam Fox recorded two assists while Artemi Panarin, Vincent Trocheck, Jimmy Vesey, and Erik Gustafsson recorded an assist apiece in the loss against Columbus. The Rangers are averaging four goals per game this season with a 28.6% power-play success rate while allowing an average of three goals per game with a 75% penalty-kill percentage. Igor Shesterkin will get the third start in a row as the starting goalie for the New York Rangers on Monday when the Rangers host the Arizona Coyotes. Shesterkin is 1-1 this season with a .870 save percentage and is allowing an average of 3.08 goals per game.

BookMaker has the New York Rangers listed as -238 moneyline favorites at home against the Arizona Coyotes on Monday night. New York is 7-1-2 in the last ten while having won the previous four matchups in a row. The Rangers have won by an average margin of .9 goals per game over the last ten and 2.67 goals per game over the last three games in the series. 

New York is the more talented team this season even though the Coyotes had a surprising performance on the road against a superior team in their season opener by defeating the New Jersey Devils. The Rangers have been the dominant team over the previous four games in the series winning all four matchups and have won by an average margin of 2.25 goals per game in those meetings. I look for the Rangers to bounce back following their loss against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday by having another dominant performance when they host the Arizona Coyotes on Monday which is why I am taking the puck line for the Rangers at -1.5 on Monday night.