After two slow days in the NHL and no sharp bets to be found I have two for you today.
Washington Capitals -130 (Bookmaker.com)
New York Rangers +110 (Bookmaker.com)
After only one days rest for both teams the Washington Capitals travel to Madison Square Garden to take on the Rangers who have surprised most people by managing to get wins and stay in the playoff picture with key injuries to Marian Gaborik, Chris Drury and Vaclav Prospal.
The Rangers haven’t been good at home this season (2-4-1) and even though they have put up some wins they have been struggling to score without Gaborik. The Rangers have recorded just 8 goals in their last 5 games and they will need more than a couple goals to outscore the high powered offense of the Capitals. Lundqvist has been standing on his head and he will need another incredible performance to give the Rangers a chance.
The Capitals are back to their winning ways riding a 4 game winning streak. Most of these wins have come at home and the Capitals have been average on the road so far this season with a (3-3-0) record. The Capitals offense has been on fire on their current road trip with 20 goals in four games. If the Capitals can continue their offensive dominance the Rangers have no hope of keeping up. The Capitals aren’t even that big of favourites in this one because of their mediocre road record. That being said they will definitely win this game more than 57% of the time.
My Pick: Washington Capitals -130
Calgary Flames (+1.5) -255 (Bookmaker.com)
Colorado Avalanche (-1.5) +215 (TheSportsbook.com)
I do not believe the Flames to be a good team and they have proven me right of late losing their last 4 games. Five of the 7 games the Flames have lost this season have been by two or more goals with the only two exceptions coming in their two most recent games, which they lost 2-1 to Detroit and Minnesota. The Flames are (2-3-0) on the road this season and this is an important game for them to turn their season around.
The Avalanche (7-5-1) are (3-3-0) at home this season and currently lead the league in goals for per game with 3.38. The Avs have been on fire offensively of late and have won 2 of their last 3 home games by more than 2 goals. Chris Stewart, Milan Hejduk, Paul Stastny and Matt Duchene are all producing well offensively and they won’t let up if they get a few goals early. The Avalanche only need to cover the spread 32% of the time for this wager to be profitable.
My Pick: Colorado Avalanche +215
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Written by: Niko de Jonge
Tagged with: Calgary Flames • Colorado Avalanche • New York Rangers • Washington Capitals