Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers Prediction: Betting on the guests

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on November 23. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Pittsburgh continues its desperate chase for cup spots. Still, from the beginning of the regular season, we have seen that it will be incredibly hard for the Pennsylvanians to expect to make the playoffs. The team's problem is obvious - the age of key players, well into their mid-thirties. In nine initial meetings, the Penguins have only three wins; in six cases, they lost, and in regulation time. After that, the Penguins managed to improve, giving a 5-match winning streak, but there were losses from New Jersey and Carolina at the equator of November - 2:5 and 2:4, respectively. In the last game, they beat Vegas - 3:0, reaching tenth place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Rangers is a team from which every year is expected to fight for the highest places, but all the last seasons, they have lacked something to go far on the playoff net. After a loss in the first round of the last Stanley Cup, Gerard Gallant was sent into retirement, and Peter Laviolette became the new head coach. Under his leadership, the New York team is showing very decent results. They managed to win 12 victories with four defeats in 16 meetings, which speaks about the team's good condition. One of the failures Rangers suffered the day before in the game with Dallas - 3:6, but it did not prevent them from maintaining second place in the standings of the Eastern Conference.

Pittsburgh and Rangers are quoted very differently this season. The Penguins are not among the top contenders for the Stanley Cup. They have a solid roster, but the best years of most of their leaders are behind them, and with a young, aggressive, and fast-paced league, all of the Pennsylvanians' problems are even more significant. Blue Jackets, on the contrary, have a very strong selection of players. All the strongest players are still at the ideal hockey age, and under the leadership of Peter Laviolette, they are also learning to play for results.

The confrontation between Pittsburgh and the Rangers has been very productive and entertaining in recent years. Both teams have a great selection of players in the offensive group, whose skill shows even in close face-offs. In the last ten head-to-head meetings, the Penguins and Blueshirts have 72 pucks (7.20 per game on average).