The Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers meet Monday in NHL action at Madison Square Garden. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

The Buffalo Sabres are averaging 3.6 goals per game and are scoring on 23.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Tage Thompson leads Buffalo with 46 goals, Rasmus Dahlin has 57 assists and Jeff Skinner has 229 shots on goal. Defensively, the Buffalo Sabres are allowing 3.6 goals per game and are killing 73.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has given up 115 goals on 1,054 shots faced, and Craig Anderson has given up 73 goals on 790 shots.

The New York Rangers are averaging 3.3 goals per game and are scoring on 22.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Mika Zibanejad leads New York with 39 goals, Artmei Panarin has 63 assists, and Chris Kreider has 227 shots on goal. Defensively, the New York Rangers are allowing 2.7 goals per game and are killing 80.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Igor Shesterkin has allowed 142 goals on 1,680 shots faced, and Jaroslav Halak has given up 63 goals on 659 shots.

The Sabres are 2-5 in their last 7 Monday games and 4-1 in their last 5 overall. The Rangers are 19-7 in their last 26 home games and 10-4 in their last 14 overall. The over is 8-3-2 in Sabres last 13 overall. The over is 9-4 in Rangers last 13 home games. The Sabres are 8-20 in the last 28 meetings in New York and 18-38 in the last 56 meetings. The favorite is 45-18 in the last 63 meetings. The home team is 6-2 in the last 8 meetings.

The Buffalo Sabres are coming off a strong week, but they’ve pretty much played themselves out of a playoff spot, and they now go to a place where they don’t win. The New York Rangers have been terrific at home as of late, and they’re still playing for playoff seeding, so there’s still motivation on that side. Give me the Rangers and the PL for max betting value.