Tampa Bay Lightning (45-26-6) vs. New York Rangers (45-21-11)
April 5, 2023 7:30 pm EDT
The Line: New York Rangers -115 / Tampa Bay Lightning -105; Over/Under: +6
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The Tampa Bay Lightning and the New York Rangers meet in NHL action from Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
The Rangers are listed as -115 home favorites while the Lightning are -105 road underdogs. The total for this game is set at 6 goals.
Matchup History
Tampa Bay’s 2-1 shootout win back on December 29th, 2022, made it five wins in the last six head-to-head meetings between these two teams.
Trends
Tampa Bay is 6-1 in their last 7 games against the Metropolitan division and 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall. New York is 8-3 in their last 11 games overall and 18-6 in their last 24 home games while the under is 6-1-1 in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record.
Pick
I’m sticking with the under here as these are two solid groups with top-tier goaltending and strong defense as both are allowing less than three goals per game this season. These are also two of the top goaltenders in the world in Igor Shesterkin for the Rangers and Andrei Vasilevskiy for the Lightning. This has the feelings of a playoff-type atmosphere and a first to 3 wins kind of game so give me the under here.
