NHL
Wednesday, April 20
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Ice picks: Wednesday's best NHL bets
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Washington Capitals at New York Rangers (-109, 5)
The Rangers opened the series by dropping a pair of road games to Washington, but they got back on track with a 3-2 home victory Sunday.
The Capitals simply did not deliver a strong performance with a chance to take a commanding 3-0 series lead. They committed eight minor penalties and, although they killed all but one power play, it did not help their efforts to get into any kind of rhythm.
“We’re desperate now,” defenseman John Carlson told the Washington Post. “It’s even if we lose the next game. It’ll be a big game for us, and that loss really didn’t feel good, the way it happened.”
But it could be tough for Washington to bounce back. Aside from its two wins to begin the series, the team did not fare well against New York during the regular season. After losing the first game, the Rangers won three in a row, including a 7-0 blowout in December and a 6-0 rout in February.
Pick: Rangers
Anaheim Ducks at Nashville Predators (-144, 5)
After a 4-1 Nashville road win in Game 1, a total of 15 goals have been scored over the past two contests - eight by the Ducks and seven by the Preds.
In a critical Game 3 Sunday, Anaheim battled back from a two-goal deficit but Nashville’s Mike Fisher lit the lamp for the game winner with 9:39 remaining. Fisher has three goals and five points in the trio of games.
“I'm just getting breaks,” Fisher told the Tennessean. “My linemates are playing really, really well,” Fisher said. “The (goal-scoring) play tonight was all my linemates. The team has played solid so far and we have to keep that going.”
The two teams have now faced each other seven times this season. Only their first clash went under the total (that ended with five goals, just below the 5.5-goal total). The winning team has scored at least four times in all seven games.
With the total at 5, the over is a smart play for this one.
Pick: Over
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Wednesday, April 20
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Ice picks: Wednesday's best NHL bets
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Washington Capitals at New York Rangers (-109, 5)
The Rangers opened the series by dropping a pair of road games to Washington, but they got back on track with a 3-2 home victory Sunday.
The Capitals simply did not deliver a strong performance with a chance to take a commanding 3-0 series lead. They committed eight minor penalties and, although they killed all but one power play, it did not help their efforts to get into any kind of rhythm.
“We’re desperate now,” defenseman John Carlson told the Washington Post. “It’s even if we lose the next game. It’ll be a big game for us, and that loss really didn’t feel good, the way it happened.”
But it could be tough for Washington to bounce back. Aside from its two wins to begin the series, the team did not fare well against New York during the regular season. After losing the first game, the Rangers won three in a row, including a 7-0 blowout in December and a 6-0 rout in February.
Pick: Rangers
Anaheim Ducks at Nashville Predators (-144, 5)
After a 4-1 Nashville road win in Game 1, a total of 15 goals have been scored over the past two contests - eight by the Ducks and seven by the Preds.
In a critical Game 3 Sunday, Anaheim battled back from a two-goal deficit but Nashville’s Mike Fisher lit the lamp for the game winner with 9:39 remaining. Fisher has three goals and five points in the trio of games.
“I'm just getting breaks,” Fisher told the Tennessean. “My linemates are playing really, really well,” Fisher said. “The (goal-scoring) play tonight was all my linemates. The team has played solid so far and we have to keep that going.”
The two teams have now faced each other seven times this season. Only their first clash went under the total (that ended with five goals, just below the 5.5-goal total). The winning team has scored at least four times in all seven games.
With the total at 5, the over is a smart play for this one.
Pick: Over
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