Out is Drew Bannister in St Louis after just 22 games as the permanent head coach making way for recently fired Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery. Monty will look to revitalize a team -21 in goal differential and just 9-12-1 this season. The Rangers go into tonight's game down a few key cogs most notably a scuffling Chris Kreider (9G) up front. While Blues' back-up Joel Hofer gets the nod over Jordan Binnington, I just can't get to a total of 6 under -105 on this game. Rangers have done well clamping down against low event offenses and the Blues are comfortable in games with minimal chances. Under the total for me at the Garden on Monday

Normally, we like to go with teams that have just made coaching changes. But we're not sure we like the way this has unfolded in St. Louis, which treated coach Drew Bannister rather brusquely as soon as Jim Montgomery became available. Montgomery recently walked the plank in Boston but inherits a team with acute scoring issues (2.36 goals per game) that has been ravaged by injuries. That wasn't Bannister's fault. Worse for the Blues, they face an angry Rangers team that ended its road trip with back-to-back losses. However, Artemi Panarin scored twice in Saturday's setback at Edmonton. The edge in net goes to New York with Igor Shesterkin. Play the Rangers on the puck line.