New York Rangers vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction: Colorado plays very productively

Prediction for the NHL New York Rangers vs Colorado Avalanche match which will take place on February 6th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Rangers are playing at a very high level this season. Despite a very high-quality roster, they have been in Cup contention for the last few years, and now they are in the top half of the league, so they should be in the playoffs. At the same time, their January has not gone well at all. In 14 games during the month, Peter Laviolette's charges suffered nine losses, beating Chicago 4:1, Washington 2:1, Seattle 5:2, Anaheim 5:2, and Ottawa 7:2. It is worth noting that all five of New York's wins came against opponents outside the playoff zone. Nevertheless, the Rangers remain in third place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Colorado is one of the strongest teams in the league. Teams with this level of ambition have a hard time adjusting to every regular season game, which is why they didn't play hockey in the season opener and won six in a row, but then they slowed down and had a lot of missed shots. Gradually, they found their form and started to improve their tournament position. In their last 17 meetings, Jared Bednar's team has been held scoreless just three times, lost in overtime once, and won 13 times, often by a wide margin. Denver is second in the Western Conference standings.

The Rangers and Colorado are in the group of the league leaders, but they went into the break of the regular season in very different shape. The Rangers had a great start to the season, but they looked weak in January, losing 9 of 14 games. On the contrary, Avalanche allowed misfires at the championship's debut, but in the last 17 battles, they won 13 victories. 

Colorado plays very productively. At the moment, the Avalanche have already scored 190 pucks in 49 games (3.88 average per game) - absolutely the best result in the entire league. At the same time, the Avalanche are having enough problems on the defensive end of the ice, and the total number of takeaways involving Denver players has already reached 343 (7.00 average per game) - a very high result.