Florida Panthers - New York Rangers: NHL match betting tip and bets

Current form

Florida is in fifth place in the Eastern Conference and has earned a combined 98 points. The current Stanley Cup winner clearly wants to prove himself at his best this season, so he needs to play the remaining regular season matches at a high level and try to get even to third place, from which he is separated by just a couple of points.

It should be noted that at the beginning of the month, the Panthers experienced a lot of problems and were on a long series of five defeats, but subsequently pulled themselves together and won three victories in a row. So, after an unsuccessful match against Detroit (1:2), they returned to their ice, where they dealt with Toronto (3:1), the same Detroit (4:1), and also in a stubborn struggle proved their superiority over Buffalo with a score of 3:2 in shootouts.

It is noteworthy that in the previous four meetings, the Panthers managed with the minimum number of goals conceded. There was also a perfect game performed by goalkeepers in the person of Vitek Vanechek and Sergey Bobrovsky. In general, Maurice's team plays stronger on the home court than on the road, and often does not allow opponents to score three times.

Disqualifications and injuries

Bennett, Tkachuk and Kulikov will not play due to injuries, and Ekblad will miss the match due to suspension.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, Florida makes 31 shots.
• According to statistics, the Panthers win 49.4% of face-offs.

Current form

The Rangers have completely failed this season. Probably, at the start of the championship, no one could have expected that the team would eventually be unable to participate in the Stanley Cup and would occupy the 12th place in the Eastern Conference just a couple of matches before the end of the championship. At the same time, the cops continue to show poor results and have suffered four failures in five fights.

They defeated New Jersey (0:4) and Tampa (1:5), and after losing to Philadelphia (5:8), they defeated Buffalo (9:2) on the road, but subsequently lost heavily to Carolina with a score of 3:7. Thus, recently There were almost always at least four or five goals in the New York goal net. And the problem lies not only in the fact that the Rangers are weak in defense, since Igor Shesterkin is now far from optimal shape and makes a lot of mistakes in his place.

Despite this, Peter Laviolette's team still looks very good in the minority and currently has 80.3% neutralization of the majority of the opponent, taking 11th place in the championship in this indicator.

Disqualifications and injuries

Edstrom, Kaliev and Schneider will not play in the upcoming meeting.

Interesting betting trends

• According to statistics, the Rangers make 29 shots on target.
• Cops win 53.5% of face-offs