New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins Prediction NHL Picks 10/9/24

Pittsburgh Penguins (0-0) vs New York Rangers (0-0)

October 9, 2024 at 07:30 PM EDT

The Line: Betting Odds: Pittsburgh Penguins +115/ New York Rangers -140 — Over/Under: 6

The New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins meet Wednesday in NHL action at the Acrisure Arena. Here’s a New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins Prediction. This article will include a New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins Pick.

New York Rangers Betting Preview

The New York Rangers will follow up this game with contests against the Utah Hockey Club and Detroit Red Wings. The Rangers made the conference finals last season with 55 wins and have made the playoffs in each of the last three years.

The Rangers are pretty much the same team they were ago, but their depth did take a hit with the losses of Barclay Goodrow and Alex Wennberg. Still, the Rangers are legit cup contenders with the majority of the core back. Alexis Lafreniere is approaching star status at 23 years old, Igor Shesterkin is one of the best goalies in the league and Kaapo Kakko is kind of due for a breakout season. Mika Zibanejad and Vincent Trocheck continue to produce at high levels as well. All of the pieces are in place for New York, it’s simply about getting over that hump.

Pittsburgh Penguins Betting Preview

The Pittsburgh Penguins have games against the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs next. The Penguins have missed the playoffs in back-to-back seasons and haven’t won a playoff series since the 2017-18 season.

The Penguins didn’t lose much from last year’s roster outside of Reilly Smith while adding Anthony Beauvillier, Sebastian Aho, Kevin Hayes, and Matt Grzelcyk. A duo of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin is still highly productive, while Erik Karlsson has played some of his better hockey over the last two seasons. Tristan Jarry and Alex Nedeljkovic are also solid goalie tandem that can clean up a lot. I wouldn’t write off the Penguins just yet, as another playoff run isn’t out of the cards if things break right.

Total Goals Facts

Each of the Rangers’ last five night games against Eastern Conference opponents has gone UNDER the total goals line.
Four of the Penguins’ last five games against Metropolitan Division opponents have gone OVER the total goal line.
Four of the last five night games between teams from the same division have gone UNDER the total goal line.
The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 3′ market has hit in each of the Penguins’ last 13 games as underdogs.
The ‘Over 2.5 Goals Period 1′ market has hit in five of the Rangers’ last six games as road favorites.

Pittsburgh Penguins Player Prop Facts

Drew O’Connor has scored a goal in five of the Penguins’ last six home games against Eastern Conference opponents.
Sidney Crosby has recorded at least one assist in eight of the Penguins’ last nine home games.
Bryan Rust has recorded at least one point in each of his last nine appearances against Eastern Conference opponents at PPG Paints Arena.

New York Rangers Player Prop Facts

Chris Kreider has scored at least one goal in five of the Rangers’ last six games as favorites against the Penguins.
Mika Zibanejad has recorded at least one assist in each of the Rangers’ last 10 games as favorites.
Adam Fox has recorded at least one point in 13 of the Rangers’ last 14 games as favorites against the Penguins.