The set-up: The 6-9-1 Vancouver Canucks overcame deficits of 2-1 after the first period, 3-1 after the second and 4-3 in the third to beat the Stars 5-4 in OT on Sunday. It marked just the team's second win in its last 12 games. The 12-4-0 NY Rangers visit Vancouver tonight, off a 3-1 victory over the Oilers in Edmonton on Sunday night.

NY Rangers: Alain Vigneault was Vancouver's all-time winningest coach (guiding them within one victory of the Stanley Cup in 2010-11) before he was unceremoniously fired after the 2013-14 season and promptly hired by the Rangers. He and his team will be properly motivated, as the Canucks won 5-3 at Madison Square Garden just last Tuesday (Nov. 8). The Rangers enter tonight's contest leading the NHL by averaging 4.1 goals per game and rank 4th in goals allowed, at 2.2 per.

Vancouver: While the Rangers will be playing with revenge, the Canucks have an opportunity to show that their 5-3 victory over the Rangers at Madison Square Garden a week ago was no fluke. Markus Granlund supplied the game-winner in overtime in Sunday's win over Dallas but it was rookie defenseman Troy Stecher who tied the game with 1:40 left in regulation, scoring his first career goal.

The pick: Vancouver was 15-21-5 on home ice last season but is 5-3-0 at Rogers arena so far this season. I'm taking the 1 1/2 goals and making the Canucks an 8* play.