The New York Rangers and Minnesota Wild find themselves in a must-win spot at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.
The Blueshirts, somehow, are still in the running for the last wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, while the Wild are trying to avoid collapsing out of a playoff position that they’ve held virtually the entire season.
Both teams have struggled to find consistency for months and will go into Wednesday’s game looking to pick up points no matter what it takes.
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Minnesota is still without Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek, which severely limits their offensive upside. The Wild have scored just 49 goals in 23 games since Feb. 1, which spits out to an average of 2.13 per contest.
The Rangers are putting up better numbers than that, but they’re far from a scoring juggernaut themselves.
The Blueshirts have been held to one goal or fewer in four of their last 10 games and are averaging just 24 shots on goal in that span.
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Wednesday’s contests will feature two struggling offenses, two strong goaltenders, and two teams that can’t afford to fall behind in games because they can’t score their way out of a hole.
Throw in the fact that this is a must-win game, and you’ve got plenty of the right ingredients to play the under.
The Pick: Under 5.5
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