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FRANK TAPANI
TODAY'S PLAY
Selection: 50 Dime - N.Y. Rangers
Price: At 6:30 am eastern time, the Rangers are -105.
YOUR ANALYSIS
Have to give the Carolina Hurricanes a ton of credit, as the 'Canes have held the Rangers to just one goal through the first pair of games in this series, as Carolina's defense has not given New York much time or space to get their offense untracked so far as the series shifts to the Big Apple for this do-or-die game for the home team at Madison Square Garden on Sunday afternoon.
Carolina has won ALL 6 of their home ice games this postseason, and they have also won 8 of their last 9 series meetings against New York dating back to their best-of-five "bubble" series playoff sweep of the Rangers in Toronto back in the 2020 campaign!
The problem for the Hurricanes is they did lose ALL 3 of their road games in the opening round in Boston, getting outscored 14-5 in those games in Beantown!
The Rangers were able to come back from a 3-1 series deficit against the Penguins in their opening round, but I promise you that going down 3-0 today in this series against the Hurricanes is NOT a recipe for success in this conference semifinal against the capable 'Canes.
New York did win 3 of their 4 home skates over Pittsburgh with the lone loss in the series opener in 3 overtimes. The Broadway Blues is a different team on their home ice - 30-10-2 this year! - and they had better win this game today or you can put a fork in this Original Six squad for any potential advancement.
Rangers to get it done.
TODAY'S PLAY
Selection: 50 Dime - N.Y. Rangers
Price: At 6:30 am eastern time, the Rangers are -105.
YOUR ANALYSIS
Have to give the Carolina Hurricanes a ton of credit, as the 'Canes have held the Rangers to just one goal through the first pair of games in this series, as Carolina's defense has not given New York much time or space to get their offense untracked so far as the series shifts to the Big Apple for this do-or-die game for the home team at Madison Square Garden on Sunday afternoon.
Carolina has won ALL 6 of their home ice games this postseason, and they have also won 8 of their last 9 series meetings against New York dating back to their best-of-five "bubble" series playoff sweep of the Rangers in Toronto back in the 2020 campaign!
The problem for the Hurricanes is they did lose ALL 3 of their road games in the opening round in Boston, getting outscored 14-5 in those games in Beantown!
The Rangers were able to come back from a 3-1 series deficit against the Penguins in their opening round, but I promise you that going down 3-0 today in this series against the Hurricanes is NOT a recipe for success in this conference semifinal against the capable 'Canes.
New York did win 3 of their 4 home skates over Pittsburgh with the lone loss in the series opener in 3 overtimes. The Broadway Blues is a different team on their home ice - 30-10-2 this year! - and they had better win this game today or you can put a fork in this Original Six squad for any potential advancement.
Rangers to get it done.
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