New York Rangers vs Carolina Hurricanes Prediction, Preview and Odds - 05/16/2024

Game Time: 7:00 pm ET, Thursday, May 16, 2024

Venue:  PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC

Where to Watch:  TNT, MAX

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Rangers +142, Hurricanes -170; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Rangers +140, Hurricanes -165; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Rangers +140, Hurricanes -165; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

New York Rangers:  55-23-4 (1st place, Metropolitan Division)

Carolina Hurricanes:  52-23-7 (2nd place, Metropolitan Division)

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New York Rangers:  8-2-0 last 10

Carolina Hurricanes:  6-1-3 last 10

The Rangers are entering this game with 114 points, a 55-23-4 record overall, and they were 25-12-4 in their road games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off a loss against the Carolina Hurricanes in their last game, losing that one at home 4-1. Jacob Trouba scored 1 goal for them in that game. No one on the team recorded an assist for them in that game while Kaapo Kakko and Vincent Trocheck each led the team in shots on net in that game with 3. Igor Shesterkin was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 3 goals on 27 shots with 24 saves and a .889 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 282 goals this season averaging 3.4 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 229 goals against them allowing 2.8 goals per game.

The Hurricanes are entering this game with 111 points, a 52-23-7 record overall, and they were 27-10-4 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off a win against the New York Rangers in their last game, winning that one on the road 4-1. Martin Nečas, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Jordan Martinook, and Jordan Staal each scored 1 goal for them in that game. Jack Drury led the team in assists with 2 while Jack Drury, Jordan Martinook, Brady Skjei, and Jordan Staal each led the team in shots on net in that game with 3. Frederik Andersen was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 21 shots with 20 saves and a .952 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 279 goals this season averaging 3.4 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 216 goals against them allowing 2.6 goals per game.

The current betting odds have the Rangers listed as an underdog in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. This is game 6 of a 7 game series between the 1st seeded Rangers and the 2nd seeded Hurricanes from the Metropolitan Division for Round 2 of the NHL Eastern Conference playoffs. The Rangers have a 3-2 series lead after the Hurricanes won game 5 of this series on the road. The Rangers jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in this series and it looked over for the Hurricanes with a loss on home ice too, but they dug in deep and they have won 2 games in a row now to bring this series back within reach. Now the Hurricanes are back on their home ice with a chance to even the series here, but almost every game in this series has been decided by 1 goal so neither team has a real edge here with all the games being so close. The Rangers are going to be looking to respond in this game after losing 2 in a row and the last thing they want is to go back home for a game 7 after having a 3-0 series lead. The Hurricanes are going to continue to bring their best effort here while facing elimination, but the Rangers are going to bring their best effort too to finally close out this series, especially since they just played the worst game of this series with that 4-1 loss on home ice so expect a big response from the Rangers here. Even if the Rangers lose, it will likely be a really close game again that the Hurricanes win by 1 goal. The best way to place a bet here is on the Rangers to win this game or on the puckline to keep it close. 

Rangers Hurricanes Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Thursday, May 16, 2024 (7:00 pm ET start time) is Rangers 2 Hurricanes 1.

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New York Rangers: 24-10 (+9.1 units) on the moneyline vs. division opponents. 21-6 (+12.9 units) on the moneyline revenging a loss versus opponent. 10-1 (+8.6 units) on the moneyline off a home loss. 6-1 UNDER off a loss by 2 goals or more to a division rival. 7-2 UNDER after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game. 27-17 UNDER off a home loss.

Carolina Hurricanes: 24-20 (-8.2 units) on the moneyline after scoring 3 goals or more in 2 straight games. 15-11 (-4.8 units) on the moneyline off a road win. 15-17 (-13.3 units) on the moneyline after a 2 game unbeaten streak. 23-12 UNDER vs. division opponents. 26-16 UNDER when trailing in a playoff series. 14-7 UNDER after allowing 1 goal or less in their previous game.

New York Rangers:  F. Chytil (C) Ques Wed - Illness. B. Wheeler (RW) out for season - Lower Body.

Carolina Hurricanes:  B. Pesce (D) Out Indefinitely - Lower Body. J. Fast (RW) out for season - Neck.

“There was no panic, we understood what the situation was. It wasn't like we were dead. ... You were one shot away, and that's the way they approached it.” - Rod Brind’Amour after his team’s win against the Rangers in game 5 of this series on Monday.

“Got some time here before the next game, but clearly we got do a lot of things better. There were a lot of issues tonight. We'll go back and look at it and we'll try to correct those issues.” - Peter Laviolette after his team’s loss against the Hurricanes in game 5 of this series on Monday.

LW Panarin, Artemi

C Trocheck, Vincent

RW Lafrenière, Alexis

LD Lindgren, Ryan

RD Fox, Adam

G Shesterkin, Igor

LW Guentzel, Jake

C Aho, Sebastian

RW Svechnikov, Andrei

LD Slavin, Jaccob

RD Burns, Brent

G Andersen, Frederik

Points: A. Panarin (120)

Goals: A. Panarin (49)

Assists: A. Panarin (71)

GAA: I. Shesterkin (2.58)

Points: S. Aho (89)

Goals: S. Aho (36)

Assists: S. Aho (53)

GAA: F. Andersen (1.84)

Coaches:

New York Rangers: Peter Laviolette (1st season)

Carolina Hurricanes: Rod Brind'Amour (6th season)