Rangers - Tampa Bay: NHL match betting tip

Current form

The Rangers continue to fight desperately to get into the playoffs, but their chances of getting into the top eight are getting smaller and smaller with each defeat. Note that at the moment the club is in the ninth position of the Eastern Conference and has 79 points to its credit, so it is six points behind its nearest competitor, and it has only six matches left in order to rectify the situation.

However, the cops hadn't been showing very good results lately and weren't in a position to win more than two victories in a row. They lost to Anaheim on the road (4:5 OT), then dealt with San Jose (6:1) and beat Minnesota at home (5:4 OT), but in the final confrontation with New Jersey they failed again with a score of 0:4, while not registering not a single abandoned puck.

Igor Shesterkin, who missed four shots in just 16 shots, did not play well in that meeting on goal. 

Disqualifications and injuries

Artur Kaliev, Adam Edstrom and Matt Rempe will miss the upcoming match due to injuries.

Interesting betting trends

• The Rangers receive 8.2 minutes of penalty time per match.
• Cops win 53.8% of face-offs

Current form

Tampa is still one of the main leaders of the Eastern Conference and currently occupies the fourth position in the standings. The team can still improve its position, since it is literally four points away from the second line, and with good luck, it can, of course, be on it. Moreover, after the upcoming match, she will have four matches on her ice.

However, not so long ago, the lightning's brilliant winning streak came to an end. So, after a crushing victory over Utah (8:0) and two successful matches against the Islanders (5:3 and 4:1), they first lost to Ottawa (2:3) on the road, and then completely lost to Buffalo with a score of 2:3 in shootouts. Oddly enough, in the last two cases, the bolts did not differ by more than two dropped goals, although they usually do not have problems creating and realizing chances.

So, even on foreign grounds, Tampa scores an average of three goals per match, and also enjoys a great numerical advantage, as it now has 24.8% of excess sales and ranks ninth in the league by this indicator.

Disqualifications and injuries

At the moment, Tampa has no problems with the composition.

Interesting betting trends

• Tampa statistically gets eight minutes of penalty time.
• Lightning wins 50.4% of face-offs