Rangers at Wild 3/16/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

By: Adam |

Last Updated: 08/20/2019 at 9:15 AM ET

The Rangers on the season have not played good at all and the team has really lost a lot of the way they would be able to play on the year. Yes, the Rangers did not make a lot of changes, but they did trade away some talent on the year for some prospects, but also some future draft picks as well. However, unlike a lot of the other teams the Rangers did not sell off the entire team to get to that level.

This year the Rangers have been able to score a total of 2.76 goals a game. The defense for the Rangers has given up only 3.24 goals a game on the season. When it comes to the power play the Rangers have ended up getting a conversion of 19.4%, but the defense has killed off 78.3% of the opponents power plays this year. The Wild have really fallen back from the team they should be on the year. The Wild now find themselves sitting in for a total of 74 points on the season when the Wild for most of the season had been in the hunt for the playoff berth on the year. So this is definitely going to be a major issue for the Wild coming into this game as the struggles have knocked the team out of the playoffs again.

This season the Wild offense has only been able to score 2.69 goals a game. The defense for the Wild has given up 2.89 goals a game on the year so far, but the power play is converting at 20.1% on the year and the defense has killed off 80.3% of the opponents power plays.

The Wild are at home and that is going to be a difference maker in this game for the Wild. The Rangers have not been a good road team on the year and the defense of the Rangers is what will really struggle in the game, coupled with the lack of scoring ability from the Rangers. Final Score Prediction, Minnesota wild win 2-1.

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