Artemi Panarin, Vincent Trocheck and Alexis Lafreniere were the most productive line at five-on-five in the NHL last season.

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche and the New York Rangers take the ice in an out-of-conference matchup. Colorado has gone 12-8-1 at home and 26-17-1 overall. The Avalanche are sixth in the league with 146 total goals (averaging 3.3 per game).

But coach Peter Laviolette wasn't ready or willing to confirm if either player would be in the lineup on Tuesday night.

In the Rangers' 5-4 overtime loss to Dallas on Tuesday, he scored two goals, both on tips of shots from the blue line.

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Patrik Laine scored 3:20 into overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 5-4. Brendan Gallagher and Christian Dvorak had a goal and an assist, and Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky also scored for the Canadiens,

The Rangers earned a point for the eighth straight game, falling 5-4 in overtime to the Canadiens. New York blew not one, not two, not three, but four one-goal leafs before seeing the second point go awry in the extra session.

This edition of the Hidden Game is dedicated to the late, great and immortal Red Fisher. The dean of Montreal hockey writers, first for the Star and later The Gazette, died seven years ago on Sunday.

Breaking down the J.T. Miller trade speculation and what the New York Rangers may, or may not, do about re-acquiring the polarizing forward.

Laine’s game-winner came moments after Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck were stopped point-blank by rookie goalie Jakub Dobes. It also sent the Rangers to their second overtime loss in four games after blowing a third-period lead to the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.

The Rangers couldn't pull off all four points in a weekend back-to-back, but they looked like a team heading in the right direction.