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The Los Angeles Kings (2-5-2) and New York Rangers (7-5-1) will meet in the NHL tonight. Puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m. ET at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y. The game will broadcast live on NHL Network.
The Rangers are favored at -134 on the moneyline, with the Kings at +112 to pull off the upset. The over/under is set at -5.5 (-124o / +102u).
Let's get into our Kings vs. Rangers predictions and NHL picks.
Kings vs. Rangers Prediction
- Picks: Rangers ML (-134) / Oliver Bjorkstrand Anytime Goal (+430) / Tye Kartye Anytime Goal (+460)
Our Los Angeles vs. New York best bets are on the Rangers to win outright and Bjorkstrand and Kartye to score tonight, with the best odds currently available at FanDuel. For all of your NHL bets, be sure to find the best lines by using our live NHL odds page.
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Kings vs Rangers Odds
- Kings vs. Rangers puck line: Kings +1.5 (-225), Rangers -1.5 (+180)
- Kings vs. Rangers over/under: 5.5 (-124o / +102u)
- Kings vs. Rangers moneyline: Kings +112, Rangers -134
- Kings vs. Rangers best bets: Rangers ML (-134) / Oliver Bjorkstrand Anytime Goal (+430) / Tye Kartye Anytime Goal (+460)
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Kings vs. Rangers Preview
The Rangers have been a different team at Madison Square Garden. New York is 6-0-0 at home with a +19 goal differential, compared to 1-5-1 on the road.
That makes tonight a welcome return after back-to-back road losses. The Rangers gave up five goals in Toronto on Thursday and seven in Ottawa on Saturday, though two of those were empty-netters.
Dylan Garand was in goal for both losses, but he was hung out to dry plenty and has still exceeded expectations filling in for Igor Shesterkin. You have to wonder if this workload is too much to ask of a rookie, though.
New York signed James Reimer on Sunday after he posted a shutout for AHL Hartford on Friday. The Rangers don’t seem to trust Spencer Martin as their backup, so Reimer could be called up soon. After tonight, New York is off until Sunday, so you could make a case for either option to take the net tonight.
On the other side, the Kings managed 13 shots on goal in Saturday’s 3-1 loss to the Devils and only nine at 5-on-5. Los Angeles has scored one goal in five of nine games, and outside the Artemi Panarin-Alex Laferriere-Adrian Kempe line, the Kings haven’t gotten much going.
The Kings have played a gauntlet of a schedule, with the highest opponent win percentage of any team this season at 59.2%.
As for the picks, Alexis Lafrenière’s breakout continues for the Rangers with nine goals in 13 games, but I think the more interesting prop angle is Oliver Bjorkstrand and Tye Kartye.
Mike Sullivan has been shuffling the lines and found something in Kartye, J.T. Miller, and Bjorkstrand, who posted a 94.93% expected-goal share in 4:49 of 5-on-5 time together in Ottawa. There’s no guarantee those three start together, but if not, you have to think it’s a line Sullivan will go back to for a spark at some point tonight.
Bjorkstrand has three goals in the last three games, and Kartye has a knack for getting involved, with a point in five of New York’s seven wins this season. At +430 and +460, I think both are worth a sprinkle. Bjorkstrand is more of a goal-scoring threat, so I don’t mind Kartye to record a point as a safer route.
On top of that, I still think it’ll be a long season ahead, but I’ll back New York to stay undefeated at home.
Picks: Rangers Moneyline (-134, FanDuel) | Oliver Bjorkstrand Anytime Goal (+430, FanDuel) | Tye Kartye Anytime Goal (+460, FanDuel)
