Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 24 (2/24): NHL

Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 24 (2/24): NHL

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Odds
Time 7:00 p.m. EST
Capitals money line +105
Capitals spread +1.5 (-220)
Rangers money line -125
Rangers spread -1.5 (+180)
Over / under 6

 

2021-2022 season stats
  Washington Capitals New York Rangers
Record 28-15-9 32-13-5
Road / home record 16-5-4 16-4-3
Streak W2 W1
Goals per game 3.25 2.94
Goals allowed per game 2.75 2.50
Shots per game 31.2 28.9
Shots allowed per game 29.1 32.0
PP % 16.23% 26.57%
PK % 20.98% 16.78%
Over / under record 28-23-1 17-30-3

 

Preview

The Washington Capitals continue on the road and will visit the New York Rangers on Thursday night. These teams have met just once this season and the Caps dominated the Rangers 5-1 at Washington.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS

The Caps have won 2 straight games and have also won their last 5 games on the road.

Ovechkin leads the Capitals with 62 points, scoring 31 goals and adding 31 assists. Joe Snively has four goals and two assists over the last 10 games for Washington.

In their last 10 games the Capitals are 5-5, averaging 3.2 goals, five assists, 3.7 penalties and 9.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game with a .920 save percentage.

NEW YORK RANGERS

The Rangers are coming from a win agasint the Senators and are 16-7 at home and 11-4 as home favorite this season.

The Rangers are 20-5-1 against Eastern Conference opponents. New York averages 8.7 penalty minutes per game, the ninth-most in the Eastern Conference. Jacob Trouba leads the team serving 71 total minutes. Artemi Panarin leads the Rangers with 55 points, scoring 14 goals and collecting 41 assists. Chris Kreider has eight goals over the last 10 games for New York.

In their last 10 games the Rangers are 6-3-1, averaging 3 goals, 5.1 assists, 3.4 penalties and 7.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game with a .920 save percentage.

BETTING TRENDS

The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games.

Washington are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games on the road.

NY Rangers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Rangers' last 6 games.

Prediction

The Caps dominated the Rangers in the last game as they beat them 5-1 at Washington. Both teams are averaging 2.6 goals in their last 10 games and the under has cashed the 66% of the games at home for NY. I don't think we'll see another easy game for the Caps here, should be a close one and the total will go under. 

PICK: Under 6 (+100)

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