New York Rangers vs Carolina Hurricanes Prediction, Preview and Odds - 05/20/2022

Game Time: 8:00 pm ET, Saturday, May 20, 2022

Venue:  PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC

Where to Watch:  ESPN

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Rangers +145, Hurricanes -165; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Rangers +150, Hurricanes -170; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Rangers +145, Hurricanes -175; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

 

New York Rangers:  52-24-6 (2nd place, Metropolitan Division)

Carolina Hurricanes:  54-20-8 (1st place, Metropolitan Division)

 

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New York Rangers:  5-3-2 last 10

Carolina Hurricanes:  7-3-0 last 10

 

 

 

The Rangers are coming into this game finishing the regular season with 110 points, a 52-24-6 record overall, and they are 27-10-4 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have won 3 of their last 4 games but are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 3 game losing streak that they were on. Their 3 wins in that span were against the Penguins in game 5, game 6, and game 7 of their last series while their loss came against the Hurricanes in their last game which was also game 1 of this series. They lost that game on the road in OT 2-1. Filip Chytil scored the only goal for them in that one while Alexis Lafrenière assisted it. Filip Chytil, Kaapo Kakko, Jacob Trouba, and Frank Vatrano led the team in shots on net in that game with 3 each. Igor Shesterkin was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 2 goals on 26 shots with 24 saves and a .923 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 254 goals this season averaging 3.1 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 207 goals against them allowing 2.5 goals per game. 

 

 

The Hurricanes are coming into this game finishing the regular season with 116 points, a 54-20-8 record overall, and they were 25-12-4 in their road games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have won 3 of their last 4 games and are coming into this one on a 2 game winning streak. Their last loss was against the Bruins in game 6 of their last series while their 3 wins in that span came against the Bruins in game 5 and game 7 of their last series and against the Rangers in their last game which was also game 1 of this series. They won that game at home in OT 2-1. Sebastian Aho and Ian Cole each scored 1 goal for them in that one. Sebastian Aho led the team in shots on net in that game with 4. Antti Raanta was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 28 shots with 27 saves and a .964 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 272 goals this season averaging 3.3 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 229 goals against them allowing 2.8 goals per game.  

 

 

The Hurricanes are coming into this game as a favorite with the current betting odds. They have been playing very well in the playoffs recently and they have won every single game they have played at home so far. They almost lost game 1 to the Rangers at home as they were trailing 1-0 for most of that game but they were putting pressure on the Rangers the entire 2nd half of the game and they played like they were the better team, they just could not score a goal until there was 2 mins left when they finally broke the seal. The Rangers still played very well on defense in that game but their offense was not getting anything going and if that happens again here, they may not be able to keep the Hurricanes down all game again with their defense as they have had a very potent attack at home in these playoffs. The Hurricanes will make adjustments for this game and they will likely come out much stronger with a better offense and score more goals here. The best bet here is on the Hurricanes to win this game.

 

Rangers Hurricanes Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Saturday, May 20, 2022 (8:00 pm ET start time) is Hurricanes 3 Rangers 0.

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New York Rangers: 120-99 (+22.6 Units) ML in all games. 24-17 (+10.1 Units) ML in a road game where the total is 5.5. 27-14 UNDER in a road game where where the total is 5.5.

Carolina Hurricanes: 70-48 (-6.6 Units) ML vs. division opponents. 28-16 UNDER in a home game where the total is 5.5. 20-12 UNDER off a home win against a division rival.

 

 

New York Rangers:  K. Kinkaid (G) Ques Fri - Upper Body. B. Goodrow (RW) Out indefinitely - Lower Body. S. Blais (LW) out for season - Knee. R. Lindgren (D) Prob Fri - Lower Body.

Carolina Hurricanes:  J. Martinook (LW) Ques Fri - Lower Body. F. Andersen (G) Late May - Knee.

 

 

 

“They put a big push on in the third period in the first 10 minutes, and we weathered that storm. But the first two periods was perfect hockey for us. ... I thought it was our best game of the year, I really did." - Gerard Gallant after his team’s loss against the Hurricanes in game 1 on Wednesday.

 

 

“Kudos to our guys, they got it going in, it certainly was a good third period. We're not going to get away with that, not playing two periods and expect to win a game — especially at this time of year against that team.” - Rod Brind-Amour after his team’s win against the Rangers in game 1 on Wednesday.

 

 

 

LW Kreider, Chris

C Zibanejad, Mika

RW Vatrano, Frank

LD Lindgren, Ryan

RD Fox, Adam

G Shesterkin, Igor

 

LW Svechnikov, Andrei

C Aho, Sebastian

RW Jarvis, Seth

LD Slavin, Jaccob

RD Deangelo, Anthony

G Raanta, Antti

 

 

Points: A. Panarin (96)

Goals: C. Kreider (52)

Assists: A. Panarin (74)

GAA: I. Shesterkin (2.07)

 

Points: S. Aho (81)

Goals: S. Aho (37)

Assists: S. Aho (44)

GAA: F. Andersen (2.17)

 

Coaches:

New York Rangers: Gerard Gallant (1st season)

Carolina Hurricanes: Rod Brind’Amour (4th season)