Rangers vs Blue Jackets Prediction, Odds & Props

NHL · Sat, Oct 17 · 7:08 PM ET

New York Rangers

Away · 6-3

Columbus Blue Jackets

Home · 3-4

Scouting report

Sprinkle's read:NYR +1.5 puck line★★★

A dog that keeps it close

New York has stayed within a goal in three of their last five, and the puck line pays you for a one-goal loss.

The number

At +1.5 a regulation loss by one still cashes; only a two-goal defeat, empty-netter included, beats it.

The decider

The nets are about even — Garand and Greaves are both stopping about nine of ten — so goaltending is not the edge here.

The context

Both clubs have been playing quiet games lately, so the pattern is not in dispute. New York is putting 23.4 shots a game on net and finishing 12.0% of them.

Situational

New York is on the second night of a back-to-back; Columbus is on the second night of a back-to-back — a notch toward the under.

What breaks this

Their last meeting went at a 1-goal pace.

New York Rangers

Last five

W4-2 vs UTAH
W5-2 vs NYI
L1-3 @ WSH
W6-2 vs VAN
W4-1 vs TB

Out

No players listed out.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Last five

W6-3 vs BUF
L1-4 vs UTAH
L3-5 @ STL
L3-7 vs FLA
W1-0 vs NYR

Out

No players listed out.

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