NHL Wagering Online – Rangers at Capitals Handicapping. The top-seeded Washington Capitals are favored in NHL wagering online as they host the New York Rangers in game one of their best-of-seven series on Wednesday The Capitals are -170 favorites in game one and the total on the game is listed at 5 over. Make your NHL bet on this game at SBG.
Capitals Playoff Failures
The Capitals were the top seed in last year’s playoffs but they lost in the first round to the Montreal Canadians. Washington was the #1 seed two years ago against the New York Rangers and had all kinds of trouble in that series before winning in game seven. This looks to be a better Washington team all the way around than the team that lost two years ago to the Rangers. Alex Ovechkin is the scoring leader for Washington but they are not as dependent upon him as in the past. Washington has some other players who can score including Nicklas Backstrom, Alexander Semin and Jason Arnott. The Capitals have been without defenseman Mike Green for the last 20 games but he is expected to be ready for this series.
Can the Rangers Score?
The question in this series is whether or not the Rangers can get enough goals to win. Marin Gaborik has the talent but he hasn’t scored a goal in almost a month. This is a New York team that was lucky to make the playoffs at all and they really don’t seem to have what it takes to win this series. New York will have to hope that goaltender Henrik Lundqvist stands on his head and wins games by himself.
Washington Goalies
The Capitals have two young goalies in Michal Neuvirth and Semyon Varlamov and if they play well then the Capitals will win this series. The Rangers have the edge with Henrik Lundqvivst in goal but if Neuvirth plays well the edge is not huge.
Game Numbers
The Rangers are 4-0 in their last 4 games as an underdog. The Rangers are 7-3 in their last 10 road games. The Capitals are 8-1 in their last 9 games as a home favorite. The Capitals are 24-7 in their last 31 vs. the Atlantic. The Rangers have gone under in 55 of their last 85 road games. 21 of the last 29 Washington home games have gone under in NHL wagering online. In this series, 8 of the last 11 games at Washington have gone under.