Columbus vs Rangers: prediction for the NHL fixture
The Blue Jackets and the Rangers lock horns in the NHL action this weekend. We made predictions for the game, which you can find below.

Command Analysis

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Columbus Blue Jackets have been playing at home after three away games. Last Sunday, the Blue Jackets beat Colorado with a score of 4:2. Columbus' goalie Merzlikin saved 34 shots and gave an assist. After that success, the Blue Jackets lost to Washington in regulation (3:4). The Jackets had a good chance of taking the game into overtime, but they conceded a goal two minutes before the final siren.
Columbus are looking better, than at the start of the season, but they lost too many points in the earlier games and now sit 10th in the Estern Conference table.

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers had played 4 games away from home, but managed to get a win in only one of them. In the match against Seattle, goalie Shesterkin gave a superb performance and saved 97% of the shots, and the Rangers won with a score of 3:1. After that, New York lost to Vancouver (2:3 OT) and Edmonton (5:6 OT). In the game against the Oilers, the Rangers conceded three goals in the third period and then lost in overtime.
The Rangers also suffered a crushing defeat to Calgary (0:6). Only in the last game, they finally earned two points by defeating Florida at home (4:3).
Trends
СтавкаGoal in each period - no
In 2 out of 3 head-to-head games, the teams failed to score in each period.

Ставка1st goal: Rangers
In 4 head-to-head games out of 5, the Rangers scored the first goal.

Tip and bets
The Rangers looked poor away from home and lost too many points. Columbus have a great chance to record another victory today.
Our prediction - handicap (0) to Columbus
The teams very rarely score a large number of goals against each other. They failed to score more than 5 goals in the last 5 head-to-head games, so today we suggest betting on the total under.
Second wager - total under 5.5 goals