New York Rangers vs Vancouver Canucks Prediction: Betting on the home team

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on January 9. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Rangers has a very even decent regular season, which should not be surprising, as they have one of the strongest lineups in the league, with which they should have claimed the Stanley Cup all the last years, but every time something prevented them. Over the course of the current season, the New York team is avoiding noticeable slumps, demonstrating hockey of a very high level. In the last seven games, they have allowed three defeats, one of which was a shootout, while managing to beat Buffalo 4:3, Washington 5:1, Tampa Bay 5:1, and Chicago 4:1, maintaining their lead in the Eastern Conference standings.

Vancouver is another team for which the current regular championship is developing very successfully, but in this case, such a scenario can be considered a sensation. The whole point is that last season the Canucks did not make the playoffs at all, but now from the very beginning of the championship they are actively clinging to points, tightly positioned in the cup eight. In the last 13 meetings, they have allowed only two regulation time losses, two more outside of three periods, and nine wins. That stretch has seen them climb to second place in the Western Conference standings, just three points behind the leaders.

The Rangers and Vancouver have a great regular season, sitting in the group of leaders of the entire league, and therefore the upcoming face-off should turn out to be especially hard and intriguing. They have a slightly better chance of ultimate success, as they will be playing on the ice of their hometown Madison Square Garden, where they are showing very good results - in 18 games they have scored 26 out of 32 possible points (81%).

The confrontation between the Rangers and Vancouver has been very entertaining and productive over the last couple years. In the previous four head-to-head meetings, the rivals have combined for 31 goals (7.75 per game on average). In addition, in the last three meetings, the teams have scored at least three times each, so we can expect a shootout in the upcoming battle.