NY Rangers vs Florida Panthers Prediction 5-22-24 Picks |
SPORTS CHAT PLACE The Florida Panthers and New York Rangers meet Wednesday in Game 1 of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals at Madison Square Garden. Here’s a NY Rangers vs Florida Panthers Prediction. Florida Panthers Betting PreviewThe Florida Panthers are coming off a 6-game series with the Boston Bruins and will play for the first time in 5 days. The Panthers are 4-1 on the road in these NHL playoffs. The Florida Panthers are averaging 3.55 goals per game and are scoring on 22 percent of their power play opportunities. Carter Verhaeghe leads Florida with 6 goals, Matthew Tkachuk has 10 assists and Sam Reinhart has 48 shots on goal. Defensively, the Florida Panthers are allowing 2.45 goals per game and are killing 86.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Sergei Bobrovsky has allowed 26 goals on 264 shots faced. New York Rangers Betting PreviewThe New York Rangers are coming off a 6-game series with the Carolina Hurricanes and will play for the first time in 6 days. The Rangers are 4-1 at home in these NHL playoffs. The New York Rangers are averaging 3.5 goals per game and are scoring on 31.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Chris Kreider leads New York with 7 goals, Mika Zibanejad has 11 assists, and Vincent Trocheck has 30 shots on goal. Defensively, the New York Rangers are allowing 2.6 goals per game and are killing 89.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Igor Shesterkin has allowed 25 goals on 324 shots faced. NY Rangers vs Florida Panthers Injury ReportThe Florida Panthers don’t have any player on their injury report entering game 1. The NY Rangers will continue to be without Blake Wheeler due to a lower body injury. Filip Chytil is day to day for the Rangers due to an illness, but he did practice this week, so there’s good news for New York. Why the Florida Panthers will win
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NY Rangers vs Florida Panthers PredictionA true pick em line in a series opener, you can make a strong case for the Rangers at home, where they’re 34-12-0 on the season. The Rangers have also won 6 of the last 9 games against the Panthers. The home team has also won 7 of the last 10 games between the Rangers and Panthers. With all that said, the line is a pick em for a reason and I don’t think it’s farfetched to say the Panthers are the more talented team, and they’re the betting favorite to win the series. The Panthers have also played some of their best hockey on the road in these playoffs, where they’re 4-1 through 5 games. The Panthers are 30-12-4 on the road overall. I’ll side with the Panthers in game 1 against the Rangers. |