New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction & Picks - NHL
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by Bill Christy | in NHL Picks
The Tampa Bay Lightning (15-7-2) will try to avenge the loss they suffered earlier this month against the New York Rangers (13-11-2) on Saturday afternoon. The Rangers dominated the previous matchup in a game that saw 7 goals in the first period alone. After taking a 4-3 lead through that wild 1st period, the Rangers added 3 more goals in the subsequent periods to finish the game with a 7-3 win. Artemi Panarin finished the game with 4 assists for the Rangers, while Vincent Trocheck picked up 2 goals. Andrei Vasilevskiy was pulled after allowing the 1st 5 goals on just 13 shots for the Lightning.
The Rangers are coming off a win against the Bruins, which makes it 3 wins in a row for the squad. The 3 wins are coming off the back of a 4-game losing streak in which the Rangers allowed an average of 3.5 goals per game. They have changed that over their last 3 games by allowing less than that average in each win.
The Lightning picked up an easy 6-3 win against Detroit which extended their win streak to 6 games. The 6 goals help add to their total of 26 during the win streak. Nikita Kucherov picked up 2 assists in the win, which gave him 13 points during this current stretch of wins.
With both teams playing their best hockey, we should be in for a tough battle in this game. Both teams coming off less than a day of rest will just mean whichever team is better conditioned should have the edge.
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New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning Form
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77 | 2377 | 25 | 39 | -12 |
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Players list
D. Garand
I. Shesterkin
M. Robertson
W. Borgen
C. Soucy
B. Schneider
A. Fox
V. Gavrikov
A. Panarin
A. Edstrom
A. Lafreniere
N. Laba
B. Berard
W. Cuylle
S. Carrick
V. Trocheck
J. Miller
M. Zibanejad
T. Raddysh
J. Brodzinski
J. Johansson
A. Vasilevskiy
J. Moser
D. Raddysh
C. D'Astous
E. Lilleberg
S. Santini
D. Carlile
C. Douglas
P. Holmberg
D. James
G. Goncalves
B. Hagel
Z. Girgensons
N. Kucherov
Y. Gourde
J. Guentzel
N. Paul
A. Cirelli
O. Bjorkstrand
Most goals and assists
New York Rangers
Tampa Bay Lightning
M. Zibanejad
(34 Goals)
New York Rangers - Tampa Bay Lightning Key Points
- The total has gone under in 6 of the last 8 games for New York.
- The total has gone under in 4 of the last 6 home games for New York.
- Tampa Bay is allowing an average of 2.5 goals per game this month.
- The total has gone under in 4 of the last 6 games for Tampa Bay.
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Our New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction
The Lightning have been rolling as this month has begun to wrap up and the defense has not allowed more than 3 goals over their last 6 games. It will not be easy for the Rangers to get anything close to their 7 goals they were able to put in last meeting. Both teams are coming off no rest, having played just the previous afternoon. We believe this is going to lead to tired legs and give the advantage to both goalkeepers. We like the under in this matchup of teams coming off less than 1 day's rest.
Our prediction for New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning: Under 6.5
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