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Lightning vs Rangers Plugs Prediction NHL Picks 2/7/24

- New York Rangers (31-16-3) vs Tampa Bay Lightning (27-18-5)

Tonight we have The Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers going head to head at Madison Square Garden in New York. Tampa Bay has won three games in a row, while New York is on a two game winning streak. We will look at some betting angles in this matchup and find a winning prediction!

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The New York Rangers came into the second half of their season with a win over the Aves in OT and now sit at 31-16-3! New York also beat the Senators by a score of 7-2 in the game prior to Colorado, but did lose to Vegas and San Jose before that. The Rangers are scoring over 3 goals per game and they are allowing about 3 goals against per game, their standing at a 27% hit rate on the power play and 83.1% on the penalty kill. Artemi Panarin has led New York with 31 goals, 36 assists, and 196 shots on goal. The projected starting goalie for New York is Igor Shesterkin, who is 19-12-1 this year qwith a 2.86 goals against average and a .899 save percentage. This is a great team who play extremely well at home! Will they build off their last win!?

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The Tampa Bay Lightning are 27-18-5 this year after they just beat the Devils by a score of 6-3 in their last game. Tampa also beat Arizona and Philadelphia by scores of 6-3 in the two games prior to The NJ Devils. The Lightning are scoring over 3 goals per game and they are allowing about 3 goals against per game, they are also hitting 29.9% on the power play and 81.1% on the penalty kill. Nikita Kucherov has led Tampa Bay with 32 goals, 53 assists, and 210 shots on goal. The projected starting goalie for Tampa Bay is Andrei Vasilevskiy, who is 16-10-0 this year with a 2.85 goals against average and a .899 save percentage. Will this Tampa team show up tonight in New York or will they fall victim to a talented Rangers team at home!?

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I have to back the Rangers here at home with such a good price! I will give Tampa Bay their well deserved flowers for ending the first half of the season playing some very good hockey! They have won their last three games by a score of 6-3, but this will be their first game since January 27th. New York played Colorado on Monday night and they were able to pick up a solid overtime win. The Rangers are 16-7-0 at home and Tampa Bay is only 10-13-2 on the road. I think New York has a pretty big advantage in this game, for the simple fact of them being able to play a game as soon as they have after the All-Star break, that means they should be ready to go for this game. It's no secret that Tampa Bay has struggled on the road this season and I don’t think it is going to get any easier here. We will take the Rangers at home at a good price!