San Jose Sharks vs New York Rangers Prediction: Who will turn out to be stronger?

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on January 24. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The current regular season is challenging for San Jose. Still, it's no surprise, as many important players have left the club recently, and the new heroes are just gaining experience to solve big problems in the foreseeable future. The personnel restructuring does not allow the Californians to show decent results, and that's why they had an 11-match losing streak in the season debut. After that, they did start to cling to points, but they still lost far more often than they won. Only in the last two games the Sharks showed their worth by beating Anaheim and Los Angeles - 5:3 and 4:3, respectively, but they never left the last place in the Western Conference standings.

In the current regular season, the Rangers are much more successful; therefore, they are located in the playoff zone and the group of leaders. For a long time, the Blueshirts avoided a slump, but it's almost impossible to go the full distance of 82 games at one high level, and therefore, a series of setbacks still caught up with them. To begin with, the New York team lost four in a row, then beat Washington - 2:1, then coped with Seattle - 5:2, then again lost to Vegas and Los Angeles - 1:5 and 1:2, respectively. The day before, they beat Anaheim - 5:2, retaining third place in the Eastern Conference standings.

San Jose and the Rangers are teams of completely different skill levels. This is most vividly mirrored in the standings, as the Sharks are last in the Western Conference, while the Blueshirts are in the top-3 of the Eastern Conference. They are at the end of a tough California tourney, but in the final game before returning to New York, they will leave maximum strength to gain two points.

San Jose and the Rangers have played each other not too long ago. In December, the New York team won a cheerful 6:5 victory. Still, two games between the same opponents in a short period, as a rule, turn out quite differently. Therefore, we are unlikely to expect a goal extravaganza. Moreover, in the five previous head-to-head meetings, the teams have combined for only 16 goals (3.20 average per game).