NY Rangers vs CLB Blue Jackets Prediction: Betting on the home team to win

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on February 29. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Rangers are having a great regular season, sitting in the top group of the league. It's no surprise because the Blueshirts have a very skilled and experienced team capable of solving big problems, and Peter Laviolette, who knows how to get big wins, is now the head coach. The New York team had a great February, putting out a 10-game winning streak. Still, it was broken sensationally on the ice of the Nationwide Arena when they lost to Columbus - 2:4. The local setback caused the Rangers to lose their lead in the Eastern Conference standings, moving into second place.

Columbus is a team of a completely different level of skill and ambition. In recent years, the Jackets have been performing poorly, with no noticeable signs so far that can help them seriously add to and claim a playoff spot, at least in the foreseeable future. From the start of the current regular season, they've been struggling, and then they've had a few more losing streaks that have finally turned them into hopeless underdogs in the league. That said, they're not playing the second half of February so badly. In the last five meetings, they beat San Jose 4:3, Anaheim 7:4, and the Rangers 4:2 the day before, but that wasn't even enough to move out of last place in the Eastern Conference standings.

The day before, we witnessed an amazing match when the last team of the Eastern Conference suddenly beat the leader - 4:2. One can hardly imagine that just a couple of days later, the Rangers will allow a similar sensation to happen again. The Blueshirts are in great shape; they previously had a 10-match winning streak, and on the ice of the Nationwide Arena, obviously, they just underestimated the opponent, and that's why they lost. Now, Peter Laviolette will obviously work on his mistakes, so we're unlikely to see similar problems in the second game with the Jackets.

The Rangers and Columbus are not shy to play each other fun and productive. In the previous five head-to-head meetings, the teams have combined to score 33 pucks (6.60 average per game) - a decent rate by NHL standards. The previous day, the Blueshirts lost to the Jackets, so now they'll be looking for revenge while Pascal Vincent's men are always playing fun and adventurous, which has led to 42 shots on goal in their last six games (7.00 average per game).