New York Rangers vs Carolina Hurricanes Prediction, Pick and Preview, May 26 (5/26): NHL

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Odds

Time	7:00 p.m. EST
Rangers money line	+135
Rangers spread	+1.5 (-220)
Hurricanes money line	-160
Hurricanes spread	-1.5 (+180)
Over / under	5.5

 

2021-2022 season stats

	New York Rangers	Carolina Hurricanes
Record	58-35	60-33
Road / home record	26-20	35-12
Streak	L1	W2
Goals per game	3.09	3.38
Goals allowed per game	2.49	2.44
Shots per game	29.2	34.1
Shots allowed per game	30.8	28.2
PP %	25.2%	22.0%
PK %	18.53%	11.96%
Over / under record	39-50-4	44-44-5

 

Preview

The New York Rangers and the Carolina Hurricanes will meet again at the PNC Arena in Carolina to play the Game 5 of the playoffs 2nd round in the East. The Rangers won the 2 games at home to tie the series 2-2.

New York Rangers

The Rangers have won 5 of their last 7 games and are 26-20 on the road this season, with a 58-35 record overall ranking 2nd in the Metropolitan Division. The Rangers are 22-15 in division matchups. New York is ninth in the Eastern Conference averaging 5.3 assists per game, led by Artemi Panarin with 1.0.

Artemi Panarin has 22 goals and 74 assists for the Rangers. Chris Kreider has scored six goals with two assists over the last 10 games.

In their last 10 games the Rangers are 6-4, averaging 3.3 goals, 5.4 assists, 3.6 penalties and 7.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game.

Carolina Hurricanes

The Hurricanes have won 3 of the last 5 games and are 35-12 at home with a 60-25-8 overall ranking 1st in the Metropolitan division. The Hurricanes are 36-19-6 against Eastern Conference opponents. Carolina ranks fourth in the Eastern Conference averaging 5.8 assists per game, led by Tony DeAngelo with 0.6.

Sebastian Aho has 37 goals and 44 assists for the Hurricanes. Teuvo Teravainen has two goals and seven assists over the last 10 games.

In their last 10 games the Hurricanes are 5-5, averaging 2.9 goals, five assists, 4.4 penalties and 9.2 penalty minutes while giving up 2.4 goals per game.

BETTING TRENDS

NY Rangers are 3-8 SU in their last 11 games against Carolina.

NY Rangers are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games on the road.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games against NY Rangers.

Carolina are 8-0 SU in their last 8 games at home.

Prediction

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