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NHL : ATS Matchup
Saturday 10/21/2017Line$ LineOU LineScore
NASHVILLE
 
NY RANGERS
PK  

PK  


5.5
 
2
Final
4

NASHVILLE (4-2-0-1, 9 pts.) at NY RANGERS (1-5-0-2, 4 pts.)
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Saturday, 10/21/2017 12:35 PM
#1 GOALTENDERS: NASHVILLE - JUUSE SAROS, NY RANGERS - HENRIK LUNDQVIST
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
51NASHVILLE+100Ov 5.5,-110-110Ov 5.5,-110
52NY RANGERS-120Un 5.5,-110-110Un 5.5,-110
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
NASHVILLE - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games4-3-0+1.14-3+1.12-52.730.42.430.1
Team Stats (Road Games)1-3-0-1.91-3-1.91-31.229.22.532.2
Last 5 Games4-1-0+3.14-1+3.11-43.231.61.829.0
NASHVILLE Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)719289012138.9%31825.8%31
Team Stats (Road Games)45113001174.3%19315.8%8
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)5161870115810.1%19631.6%26
Stats Against (All Games) 17475112118.1%33515.2%32
Stats Against (Road Games) 10333111297.8%2114.8%19
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 9143101456.2%23417.4%17
NASHVILLE - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
PEKKA RINNE (All Games)6617616493.2%04-2+24-2-0+22-4
PEKKA RINNE (Road Games)33948994.7%01-2-0.91-2-0-11-2
PEKKA RINNE(vs. Non-Conference)33898191.0%02-1+12-1-0+12-1
PEKKA RINNE (Last 4 Games)4411511196.5%03-1+2.13-1-0+20-4
JUUSE SAROS (All Games)11343088.2%10-1-10-1-0-10-1
JUUSE SAROS (Road Games)11343088.2%10-1-10-1-0-10-1
JUUSE SAROS(vs. Non-Conference)11343088.2%10-1-10-1-0-10-1
JUUSE SAROS (Last 4 Games)11343088.2%10-1-10-1-0-10-1

NY RANGERS - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games1-7-0-8.51-7-8.54-42.534.23.732.1
Team Stats (Home Games)1-5-0-6.51-5-6.53-32.333.53.228.8
Last 5 Games0-5-0-6.40-5-6.42-32.235.03.631.2
NY RANGERS Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)820875002747.3%30723.3%34
Team Stats (Home Games)614545002017.0%23521.7%24
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)511344001756.3%18316.7%17
Stats Against (All Games) 3013692425711.7%30826.7%45
Stats Against (Home Games) 198542317311.0%21523.8%29
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 186552315611.5%18422.2%27
NY RANGERS - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
HENRIK LUNDQVIST (All Games)7721119190.5%11-6-6.91-6-0-74-3
HENRIK LUNDQVIST (Home Games)5515213991.4%11-4-4.91-4-0-53-2
HENRIK LUNDQVIST(vs. Non-Conference)22474289.4%00-2-3.60-2-0-41-1
HENRIK LUNDQVIST (Last 4 Games)4413512391.1%00-4-4.80-4-0-52-2
ONDREJ PAVELEC (All Games)21433786.0%00-1-1.60-1-0-20-1
ONDREJ PAVELEC (Home Games)11191684.2%00-1-1.60-1-0-20-1
ONDREJ PAVELEC(vs. Non-Conference)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
ONDREJ PAVELEC (Last 4 Games)21433786.0%00-1-1.60-1-0-20-1
Average power rating of opponents played: NASHVILLE 3.34,  NY RANGERS 3.21
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
NASHVILLE - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
10/5/2017at BOSTON3-4L0, -105L5 ovO
10/7/2017at PITTSBURGH0-4L0, +135L6 evU
10/10/2017PHILADELPHIA6-5W0, -130W5.5 unO
10/12/2017DALLAS4-1W0, -125W6 evU
10/14/2017at CHICAGO1-2L0, +130L5.5 evU
10/17/2017COLORADO4-1W0, -175W5.5 unU
10/19/2017at PHILADELPHIA1-0W0, +110W5.5 evU
10/21/2017at NY RANGERS 
10/24/2017CALGARY 
10/27/2017at CHICAGO 
10/28/2017NY ISLANDERS 
11/1/2017at SAN JOSE 

NY RANGERS - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
10/5/2017COLORADO2-4L0, -210L5.5 evO
10/7/2017at TORONTO5-8L0, +130L6 ovO
10/8/2017MONTREAL2-0W0, -125W5.5 unU
10/10/2017ST LOUIS1-3L0, -155L5.5 ovU
10/13/2017at COLUMBUS1-3L0, +125L5.5 unU
10/14/2017NEW JERSEY2-3L0, -160L5.5 ovU
10/17/2017PITTSBURGH4-5L0, +110L6 evO
10/19/2017NY ISLANDERS3-4L0, -125L5.5 ovO
10/21/2017NASHVILLE 
10/23/2017SAN JOSE 
10/26/2017ARIZONA 
10/28/2017at MONTREAL 
10/31/2017VEGAS 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
NASHVILLE: Key additions: F Nick Bonino (Penguins), D Alexei Emelin (trade with Golden Knights), F Scott Hartnell (Blue Jackets)
Key Losses: F Mike Fisher (retired), F Colin Wilson (trade with Avalanche), F James Neal (Golden Knights)
OUTLOOK: You would be hard pressed to find a team built better both to contend now and in the future. They lost some veterans, and it's going to be hard to replicate how they peaked in 2016-17. But their core is energetic playoff material.
NY RANGERS: Key additions: D Kevin Shattenkirk (Capitals), D Anthony DeAngelo (trade with Coyotes), G Ondrej Pavelec (Jets), F David Desharnais (Canadiens)
Key Losses: F Derek Stepan (trade with Coyotes), G Antti Raanta (trade with Coyotes), D Dan Girardi (Lightning), F Oscar Lindberg (Golden Knights), D Kevin Klein (retired)
OUTLOOK: The defense is better, but there are question marks at center and regarding Henrik Lundqvist's durability over the long haul. Caught in between a rebuild and a run at it all, they seem more like a fringe contender.
PREVIEW
Surging Predators ready to roll over struggling Rangers

After losing in the Stanley Cup Final, many teams struggle out of the gate the following season. The Nashville Predators are no exception.

Fortunately for them, the Predators' hangover appears to have lasted two games.

Nashville comes to Madison Square Garden to face the New York Rangers on Saturday afternoon on a 4-0-1 run, a strong response to dropping their first two games by a combined 8-3. The heart of that turnaround has been defense, as the Predators have held their past four opponents to three regulation goals.

"After the first two, three games, I think that was the main thing, to play tighter as a team and make good decisions," Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne said to The Tennessean. "By no means are we a defensive team. I think we play a fast game and play up and down the ice, but as a five-man unit, not (getting) separated too much, things like that, that's been our focus."

One persistent issue that likely has nothing to do with a hangover and everything to do with a shakeup of the roster is a lack of offense. James Neal had 23 goals in 70 games last season for Nashville, but the team lost him in the expansion draft to the Vegas Golden Knights.

Replacements were expected from within, with youngsters Colton Sissons, Pontus Aberg, Kevin Fiala and Frederick Gaudreau being called upon to score more after an impressive showing in last year's playoffs. But overall, this group hasn't done much this season.

"(Neal's) a tough commodity to find around the NHL that puts up 20 (goals) a year almost automatically," Sissons said to The Tennessean. "That's no easy task to fill in that role, but I think we've got a couple younger guys that can chip in offensively and fill that void collectively."

"I do think that we've started to take strides in the right direction," Predators coach Peter Laviolette said to The Tennessean. "The first couple games, I didn't see our offensive identity at all."

Nashville's problems are minor compared to what the Rangers are facing.

New York (1-5-2) is off to its worst start since opening the 1943-44 season 0-14-1. The Rangers have lost five straight, are allowing 3.63 goals per game, are last in the league in penalty killing and have given up a goal within the first three minutes of games in four of eight contests.

"It's too many games now where we allow the first goal," said Henrik Lundqvist, who as a .905 save percentage in seven games. "I think we do a lot of good things. Obviously when we don't get the wins it's easy to get stuck on mistakes, the missed opportunities, or not coming up with that extra save. But at the same time, we are doing a lot of good things as a group. We just need that extra play right now, that's the difference."

That mentality epitomizes Rick Nash, who is playing well but owns only one goal in eight games. He has 34 shots, which is tied for fourth in the NHL, but his inability to convert on his prime scoring chances has done just as much to hold back the Rangers in the early going as anything.

"Sooner or later you have to convert," Nash said. It's tough right now. Goals come in bunches and you know when you're in a drought it's always tough. Opportunities are there, have to keep taking the puck to the net and sooner or later it will start to go in."


Last Updated: 3/28/2024 9:59:31 PM EST.


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