It’s an Original Six clash between teams looking to earn a victory in the Windy City when the New York Rangers take on the Chicago Blackhawks Wednesday night and we have the inside scoop with our Rangers vs. Blackhawks prediction. New York fell 3-2 in overtime at home against Las Vegas Sunday night in their previous contest. Chicago was pasted 7-1 on the road by Anaheim Sunday night in their previous contest. In the last 10 meetings, the Rangers own an 8-2 advantage, including a 6-2 road win in the most recent matchup January 5. Read more about this Rangers vs. Blackhawks prediction! Our NHL Predictions are sure to provide a great payout. Check them out!
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New York dropped their second straight game in overtime as they fell to the Golden Knights Sunday night in the second game of a back-to-back set. The Rangers fell to 15-12-4 on the year and stood tied for fourth in the Metropolitan Division, five points behind the Capitals for the top spot entering Tuesday night. New York is 28th in the league with an average of 2.65 goals per game. The Rangers are 6th in goals against by allowing 2.61 goals per game this season. New York is tied for 17th when it comes to success with the man advantage as they have converted 18.8% of their power play opportunities this season. The Rangers are 21st in the league by successfully navigating 80.2% of their shorthanded situations on the season.
Against Vegas, New York let the lead slip away in the final minute of regulation and ended up falling in overtime as their home issues continued. The Rangers were outshot 8-4 in the opening period of play and trailed 1-0 on the scoreboard at the first intermission. New York held a 16-5 advantage in shots on goal in the second period and outscored Vegas 2-0 to lead 2-1 after 40 minutes of action. Mika Zibanejad tied the scoring with his 11th goal of the season at 9:08 off assists from Alexis Lafreniere and Matthew Robertson. Lafreniere gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead with his seventh goal of the season at 13:01 with assists going to Zibanejad and Artemi Panarin. In the third period, New York was outshot 13-3 and gave up the tying goal with eight seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime. During overtime, the Rangers were outshot 2-1 and gave up the winning goal to wind up with the loss. Jonathan Quick made 25 saves for New York, who was outshot 28-24, in the loss. Igor Shesterkin (12-9-3, 2.46 GAA, .913 save percentage, shutout) is expected to get the start here.
Key Injury Report for Rangers: Center Matt Rempe (upper body) is out. Defenseman Adam Fox (upper body) is out. Center Adam Edstrom (lower body) is day-to-day. Chicago Shooting to Skate Away With Home Win
Chicago dropped to 2-6-2 in their last 10 games as they were shellacked on the road by Anaheim Sunday night in their previous game. The Blackhawks entered Tuesday fifth in the Central Division with a 12-11-6 record and stand 18 points behind the Avalanche for the top spot. Chicago is tied for 18th on the season when it comes to scoring production, as they average 2.97 goals per game. The Blackhawks are tied for 17th in the league in goals against as they allow an average of 3.07 goals per contest. Chicago is 9th in power play success as they convert 23% of their chances with the man advantage this season. The Blackhawks are 6th in the league in penalty killing as they successfully kill off 83.3% of their shorthanded situations this season.
Against Anaheim, Chicago’s defensive work was horrific and it ended with a second straight blowout loss on the road. The Blackhawks were outshot 17-6 in the opening period and trailed 1-0 on the scoreboard after 20 minutes of play. In the second period, Chicago was outshot 27-7 and outscored 4-0 to trail 5-0 at the second intermission. The third period saw the Blackhawks outshot 9-7 and outscored 2-1 to seal their defeat. After giving up a goal to trail 6-0, Tyler Bertuzzi got Chicago on the board with his 15th goal of the season, on the power play, at 1:40 off assists from Connor Bedard and Artyom Levshunov. They gave up the game’s final goal to close the scoring. Arvid Soderblom made 46 saves for Chicago, who was outshot 53-20, in the loss. Spencer Knight (9-6-5, 2.62 GAA, .914 save percentage, shutout) is expected between the pipes here for the Blackhawks.
Key Injury Report for Blackhawks: Defenseman Shea Weber (ankle) is out for the season. Left wing Nick Foligno (hand) is out. Goaltender Laurent Brossoit (hip) is out. Rangers vs. Blackhawks PickRangers vs. Blackhawks Moneyline Pick
New York comes into this game 5-1-2 in their last eight games, while Chicago is just 2-6-2 in their last 10 contests. The Rangers are just 3-8-3 at Madison Square Garden on the year but they are a sparkling 12-4-1 on the road this season, which is the situation here. Chicago has cooled after a hot start to the year and they are a pedestrian 6-5-3 at the United Center on the season. The Blackhawks are a young team that has plenty of growing still to do and were walloped by a combined 13-1 in their last two games. With as strong as the Rangers have been on the road, take New York here as Shesterkin backstops them to a victory.
Rangers vs. Blackhawks Over/Under Pick
New York has stayed under the total in 20 of their 31 games of the season, with one push. The Rangers have an average total of 5.26 goals per game this season. In their 17 road games on the year, that number climbs to 5.71 goals a night. Chicago has stayed under the total in 14 of their 29 games, with one push in relation to the total with an average total of 6.03 goals per game. That number drops to 5.50 goals per game at home. The Rangers are a sound defensive team and they will make life difficult for Chicago to generate high-danger scoring chances. As a result, lean toward this contest ending up short of the number.
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