Madison Square Garden is playing host to an enticing showdown as the New York Rangers take the ice against the visiting Detroit Red Wings. It’s the third and last time that the two clubs will go at it in the regular season. Fox Sports Detroit will showcase this Original Six matchup, which gets underway at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 19.
Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Rangers Odds
New York (-140) is being tabbed as the favorite over Detroit (+120) and oddsmakers have set the Over/Under (O/U) at 6 goals. The odds for betting that total sit at -115 money on the over and -105 for the under.
Losing 8.1 units for moneyline gamblers, the Rangers are 28-44 straight up (SU) overall in the 2018-19 season. That early-season winning percentage is fairly close to the 34-48 record the team managed during the 2017-18 season campaign. Through 72 regular season contests, 35 of its games have gone over the total, while 33 have gone under and just four have pushed. The team’s 17-19 SU at home this year.
New York’s converted on 19.0 percent of its power play opportunities this year, a mark that’s right around league average. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 26th overall, and it’s successfully killed off 78.4 percent of all penalties.
As a team, New York has been penalized 4.1 times per game overall this season, and 4.9 per game over its past ten outings. The team’s had to stave off opposition power plays for a whopping 15.3 minutes per game over its last 10 outings, in total.
Averaging 29.6 saves per game with a .909 save percentage, Henrik Lundqvist (18-30-10) has been the top goalkeeper for the Rangers this season. If they, however, choose to rest him, New York might turn to Alexandar Georgiev (10-17-17 record, .905 save percentage, 3.10 goals against average).
The Broadway Blueshirts will continue to rely on offensive production via Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider. Zibanejad (67 points) has tallied 28 goals and 39 assists and has recorded two or more points on 19 separate occasions this year. Kreider has 26 goals and 23 assists to his credit and has notched a point in 34 contests.
Detroit has lost 10.9 units for moneyline bettors this year and is currently 25-47 straight up (SU). Through 72 regular season matches, 36 of its games have gone under the total, while 34 have gone over and just two have pushed. Detroit’s 11-24 SU as the away team this season.
Detroit has converted on just 16.3 percent of its power play opportunities this season, a figure that places it in the bottom-10 overall among NHL teams. On the other hand, its penalty kill unit is ranked 27th overall and it’s successfully killed off 77.3 percent of all penalties.
Detroit’s players have been penalized 3.5 times per game this season, and 2.9 per game over their last ten games. The team has been forced to defend opponent power plays just 6.6 minutes per game over their last 10 outings.
Jimmy Howard (27.9 saves per game) has been the primary option in goal for Detroit. Howard owns an 18-29-7 record, while registering a .907 save percentage and 3.07 goals against average this year.
Leading the offensive counter for the visiting Red Wings will be Dylan Larkin, who has 27 goals and 35 assists on the year.
Detroit Red Wings at New York Rangers Betting Predictions
Free Prediction: SU Winner – Rangers, O/U – Under
Betting Trends
- The total has gone under in three of Detroit’s last five games.
- Detroit has managed 22.2 shot attempts per game over its last five road games while New York is averaging 33.0 shots per game over its last five home outings.
- The Red Wings are 7-20 when they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent and 15-33 in games where they serve fewer than 10 total penalty minutes.
- Two of New York’s past 10 outings have ended in a shootout. The team is 0-2 in those games and 6-4 overall in shootouts this season.
- New York skaters have averaged 11.6 takeaways per game over its last five home games, an improvement over its season average of 8.3 takeaways per game (ranked 9th).
- Detroit skaters have forced 8.0 takeaways per game over its last five road games, an improvement over its season average of 5.7 takeaways per game (ranked 31st overall).
