by Andrew Lauro, Wannamakeabet Staff Writer
New York Rangers +110 vs. Chicago Blackhawks -130 by
The Rangers take on the Blackhawks in Chicago Wednesday at 8:00PM EST. The Rangers are on a 6 game win streak, and are 8-2-0 in their last 10 games while the Blackhawks are 4-6-0 in their last 10 games, and are coming off a loss.
For the Rangers Goalie Henrik Lundqvist has been very good his past 5 games with a record of 5-0-0 a GAA of 2.40 and a SV% of .919. He had a rough start to the season but is making a significant impact on the teams performance during this current 6 game win streak. If Lundqvist keeps his focus, and the Rangers offense which has been explosive of late, and especially on the powerplay. The Rangers rank 3rd in the league at this point and during this win streak they’ve scored 8 PP goals while averaging 4.33 goals a game. The stats look good for the Rangers coming into this game if they can get on the powerplay and Lundqvist plays well the Rangers could win this game.
The Blackhawks have had a seesaw type of season at this point. They’ve lost 3 of their last 4 games, but Corey Crawford earned 2 shutouts against the Philadelphia Flyers and the Minnesota Wild earlier this month, and is having a good season so far minus his 7-7-0 record. His past 5 games his SV% is .921 with a GAA of 2.20. He is coming off a rough game against the New Jersey Devils where he allowed 6 goals. As far as the teams powerplay they are ranked 27th in the league at 14.3%. Their leading goal scorer is Brandon Saad with 7 goals. The captain Jonathan Toews has to step it up, he has 11 points in 17 games thus far. If Crawford can be steady throughout the game, and key players like Toews perform the Blackhawks could win this game.
The Rangers road record is 2-3-0 while the Blackhawks are 4-4-1 at home. The Rangers got those 2 road wins on their current win streak. With the odds in favor of the Blackhawks could they end the Rangers win streak?
I don’t think so. Take the Rangers +110 as the hot streak continues.