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Utah vs. Rangers: NHL Match Prediction
The Rangers continue their road series with a meeting against Utah, which will take place in Salt Lake on January 17. New York is gradually coming to its senses and gaining momentum. Peter Laviolette team has earned points in five previous games and is approaching the top eight in the conference. The rookies, however, look pale at this stage of the season and often lose on home ice. In October, the rookies achieved success on the road, but now the situation has changed. Who will be better in 2025? Read our prediction for the confrontation
Command Analysis
Utah Hockey Club
USACurrent form
Utah does not intend to drop out of the fight for getting into the playoffs, but now the team from Salt Lake is still only in 11th place in the conference. The newcomers do not lose hope of getting into the final part of the tournament in their first season, but the hosts have only 43 points after 43 games. The team led by Andre Tourigny looked great during December, and right before Christmas, they lost form. The hosts have only two victories in 11 previous games, and both were won in the new year. The current series of games at home for Clayton Keller squad began with a defeat to Florida (1:4), but a day later they won against San Jose (2:1). The debutants were unable to build on their success and lost to the Islanders (1:2) and Montreal (3:5), having failed in defense after a good start.
Karel Vejmelka returned to the ice in the last game, although Connor Ingram had already recovered from an injury. The Czech goalie was unable to help his teammates beat the Habs and stopped only 21 of 26 shots. On average, he has shown good results for the season and copes with 91.20% of attacks on his territory. In 27 games, he still has not managed to make a single shutout.
The captain of Utah is its current top scorer. Clayton Keller has 43 points (14+29) in goals and assists and is already six points ahead of Logan Cooley (12+25). The author of the first goal in the history of the franchise, Dylan Gunter, is in third place on the list of the club top scorers (16+18), but he is currently injured. Nick Schmaltz (8+25) is also among the league top 100 leaders.
Disqualifications and injuries
Sean Durzi and Dylan Gunther are both ruled out of the bout, while Robert Bortuzzo condition is questionable.
Interesting trends for betting
- Utah is averaging 2.79 goals per game this season.
Rookies don't always play badly on offense, but their numbers only get worse over time.
- The Salt Lake club averages 27 shots per game
The debutants don't have many shots on goal, but they managed to convert 10.2% of their chances.
New York Rangers
USACurrent form
The Rangers have slipped so much that they are now in the basement of the Eastern Conference standings and occupy only 14th place in the conference, although not so long ago they were fighting for the leadership. The New York club has only 43 points after 43 starts, while the Cops are five points behind Columbus, which is in eighth place. Peter Laviolette charges are gradually gaining momentum and were able to earn points in five previous starts. The Cops looked great at home in games against Dallas (4:5, OT) and New Jersey (3:2, OT). At the start of the current away tour, the visitors beat Vegas (2:1), but did not quite finish off Colorado (2:3, OT). New York led until the very end of the meeting with the Avalanche, but lost points in the final minutes.
Igor Shesterkin returned from injury and has already played three games in the starting lineup. The Russian helped his teammates win two of them and was quite good, except for the last match against the Avalanche. This season, the goalie has saved a modest 90.72% and has not yet justified his expensive contract, which he recently signed with the franchise.
Artemi Panarin has seriously slowed down in terms of implementation after a successful start to the season. Khlebushek has long since left the top ten most productive hockey players in the league and is only on the 26th line. The Russian has 45 effective actions (17+28) and against the background of the team weak results, he is not showing the level of play that fans expect from him.
Disqualifications and injuries
All visiting leaders will arrive in Salt Lake this Friday.
Interesting trends for betting
- The Rangers are winning 53.6 percent of their faceoffs.
The visitors are doing well at the point and winning face-offs more often.
- The team receives an average of 8.58 minutes of penalty time.
Peter Laviolette men are sent off more than four times per game on average.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In two of the three games involving the Rangers, the first period was scoreless.
1.95Bet 2nd period: New York to score
The Cops have scored in the second period in their last three games.
1.45Tip and bets
Utah continues to lose points and moves away from the playoff zone with each game. The team from Salt Lake has stopped scoring and relies only on the reliability of its defense, but it is often not enough. At home, the newcomers play very poorly and have won only one victory on the ice of the Delta Center arena since November 14. Rangers for a long time they couldn't get over it, but now the situation has started to improve. The Cops have scored points in their last five matches and are close to returning to the top eight in the East. We think that Artemiy Panarin team will celebrate success in the away match.
Our prediction is Rangers win with Asian handicap (0) for 1.91
Bet on individual total
Utah is scoring just 2.50 goals per game at home and has scored just seven goals in the current four-game home series. The Salt Lake club doesn't have a lot of strong forwards on its roster, and now Dylan Guenther, one of the leading attackers, is injured. We think the Rangers can hold out and not concede more than two goals.
Betting Tip - Utah individual total under three goals for 1.67
Bet on total
The debutants play closed hockey and try to keep the puck in the neutral and opponent zones as much as possible. The Rangers have recently become more reliable and have stopped making mistakes so often on their half of the ice. The teams met each other in October and then scored ten goals between them. We believe that this time the meeting will be low-scoring.
Betting Tip - total under six goals for 1.73
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