Washington vs New York Betting Odds
When: February 24, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. EST
Venue: Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
Washington vs New York Betting Preview
An Eastern Conference rivalry is renewed Thursday night when the Washington Capitals (28-15-9, 16-5-4 away) visit the New York Rangers (32-13-5, 16-4-3 home). The Rangers are third in the Metropolitan and have a four-point lead over the Capitals. Washington is currently the top Wild Card in the East and have a healthy 12-point advantage over the Blue Jackets. This game will air live on ESPN.
Alex Ovechkin is having his normal great season and leads Washington with 62 points and 31 goals, eight on the power play. Evgeny Kuznetsov is the top setup man with 33 assists on the season. Washington is scoring 3.25 goals per game and allow 2.75.
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Artemi Panarin is having a big season and leads New York with 55 points and 41 assists. Chris Kreider is having a career season with 33 goals, a team high, 17 of which have come on the power play. New York is scoring 2.94 goals per game and allow 2.50.
Washington vs New York Betting Trends
Capitals
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington’s last 7 games.
- Washington are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against NY Rangers.
- Washington are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games on the road.
- Washington are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Rangers.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington’s last 5 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington’s last 6 games against an opponent in the Metropolitan Division division.
Rangers
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Rangers’ last 6 games.
- NY Rangers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Rangers’ last 6 games at home.
- NY Rangers are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against Washington.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Rangers’ last 5 games this season.
- NY Rangers are 15-5 SU in their last 20 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
Washington vs New York Prediction
Last time out, Washington visited the Philadelphia Flyers and left with a 5-3 win. The Caps came back from a 3-1 third period deficit to get the road win. Garnet Hathaway was the top star of the game thanks to his two goal and one assist performance. Ilya Samsonov stopped 30 of the 33 shots he faced, and Washington killed off three of the four Philadelphia power plays.
The Rangers visited the Ottawa Senators and got a tough 2-1 win. Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome were the top two stars of the game after each scoring one goal and getting one assist. Igor Shesterkin saved 29 of the 30 shots he faced and New York killed off the only Ottawa power play.