Detroit Red Wings Vs. New York Rangers Odds, Picks, and Predictions (2/17/22)

By Scott Steinberg | Feb 17, 2022, 11:28am

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Detroit Red Wings Vs. New York Rangers (2/17/22)

On Monday, February 14^th, the Red Wings lost to the Wild, 7-4. Dylan Larkin scored his 25^th goal of the season, while rookie Gustav Lindstrom scored his first career goal in the loss. The Red Wings had won three of their previous four games. Detroit is 22-22-6 with 50 points, fifth in the Atlantic Division. K’Andre Miller scored the winning goal in the ninth round of the shootout as the Rangers beat the Bruins, 2-1 on Tuesday for their third straight victory. New York playing for the first time in two weeks, got the game-tying goal in the third period by Filip Chytil while Igor Shesterkin made 31 saves in the win. The Rangers have won eight times in their last 11 games. New York is 31-13-4 with 66 points, third in the Metropolitan Division.

Detroit Red Wings Vs. New York Rangers Betting Odds

Over is 4-0 in Detroit’s last four games overall. The Red Wings are 17-66 in their last 83 road games. Detroit is 6-1 in their last seven games after allowing five goals or more in their previous game; they allowed seven goals to Minnesota in their last game. The home team is 14-6 in the last 20 meetings between the Red Wings and Rangers. Under is 8-1-1 in New York’s last 10 Thursday games. The Rangers are 11-2 in their last 13 games when their opponent allows five goals or more in their previous game. Under is 4-1 in New York’s last five home games. The Rangers are currently +2200 to win the 2021-22 Stanley Cup.

Detroit Red Wings Odds

Dylan Larkin leads the Red Wings in scoring this season with 51 points (25 goals and 26 assists). He’s a +7 with four game-winning goals this season. Detroit’s captain is averaging 19:06 of ice time per game and is winning 52.8% of his face-offs this season. Tyler Bertuzzi is second on the team in scoring with 44 points (23 goals and 21 assists). He’s the team leader in plus/minus at +12 and game-winning goals with five this campaign. Lucas Raymond has played in 50 games this season and is the leading scorer amongst all rookies in the NHL with 39 points (13 goals and 26 assists). The 19-year-old is averaging 18:05 of ice time per game and has 13 points on the power play (four goals and nine assists). Center Vladislav Namestnikov, who was a first-round pick by Tampa Bay in 2011 has scored 13 goals this season. He’s listed as questionable for Thursday’s game against the Rangers. Adam Erne, Detroit’s tough left-wing has delivered a team-leading 96 hits in 49 games this season.

Defenseman Moritz Seider leads Detroit in assists with 29, he has 34 points on the year. In 50 games in 2021-22, he’s the team leader in blocked shots with 95. Seider is averaging 22:48 of ice time per game and has delivered 74 hits on the campaign. Filip Hronek is the second leading scorer among Red Wing defensemen with 24 points (four goals and 20 assists). He’s averaging 22:24 of ice time per game, blocked 52 shots and delivered 40 hits on the season. Hronek is out indefinitely due to being in the leagues COVID-19 protocol. Nick Leddy, a Stanley Cup winner has 12 points on the season (one goal and 11 assists). He’s also averaging 21:16 of ice per game and has blocked 39 shots in 2021-22.

Alex Nedeljkovic has started 33 games this season for Detroit. He lost his last start on Monday to Minnesota stopping 18 shots. In 2021-22, he’s 14-14-5 with a .907 save percentage and a 3.01 GAA.

New York Rangers Odds

New York’s success this season, begins in goal with Igor Shesterkin. The Rangers netminder has won 10 of his last 11 starts. On the season, he’s 23-5-2 with a .938 save percentage (second in the league) and a 2.05 GAA (third in the NHL). Shesterkin is currently the favorite to win the Vezina Trophy at +175 and +2000 to win the Hart Trophy.

Defending Norris Trophy winner, Adam Fox returned against the Bruins on Tuesday after being on IR due to an upper-body injury. He’s tied for third in points among defensemen this season with 47 (seven goals and 40 assists). The second-year player is third on the team in blocked shots with 92 and he’s averaging 24:26 of ice time per game. Fox is +500 to repeat as the Norris Trophy winner. Jacob Trouba has had a solid season, leading the team in blocked shots with 110 and second on the club in hits with 132 (Ryan Reaves leads the club in hits with 173). He’s a +8 and is averaging 22:42 of ice time per game for New York. Trouba has 24 points on the season (eight goals and 16 assists). Ryan Lindgren has played in 45 games and is second on the team in blocked shots with 97. He leads the team in plus/minus at +17 while averaging 20:26 of ice time per game.

Chris Kreider is tied with Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl for the league lead in goals with 33. The Rangers winger has 47 points overall this season. The 10-year veteran leads the NHL in power play goals with 17 in 2021-22. Kreider is also a +13 and has been physical as well delivering 97 hits this year. The 10-year veteran is +2000 to win the 2021-22 Hart Trophy. Artemi Panarin leads the Rangers in points this season with 52 (13 goals and 39 assists). He has 23 points on the power play (four goals and 19 assists) and has scored four game winning goals this season. Panarin is +5000 to win the Hart Trophy. Mika Zibanejad is second on the team in scoring with 49 points (18 goals and 31 assists). In his last five games he has seven points (three goals and four assists). He has 10 power play goals (tied for fifth in the NHL) and 20 points overall on the power play this season. Ryan Strome has 34 points in 44 games (nine goals and 25 assists). He has nine points on the power this year (two goals and seven assists). Alexis Lafreniere, the number one pick in the 2020 draft has 10 goals this season. The second-year winger has three game winning goals and is averaging 13:36 of ice time per game in 2021-22. He’s a player that more is expected of and hopefully he can pick up his play in the second half as the season moves forward.

Detroit Red Wings Vs. New York Rangers Picks & Prediction

Detroit is scoring 2.8 goals per game, 20^th in the league and taking 29.3 shots per game, 27^th overall. Defensively the Red Wings are allowing 3.5 goals per game, ranked 27^th overall in the league. New York is scoring three goals per game, ranking them 15^th in the NHL and attempting 28.6 shots per game, 29^th overall. On the defensive side, the Rangers are allowing 2.5 goals per game which ranks fourth in the NHL and yielding 32 shots a game, 20^th overall.

Dylan Larkin is an underrated and Detroit’s only consistent offensive weapon. Defensively the Rangers led by goalie Igor Shesterkin along with defensemen Jacob Trouba and Adam Fox have played well this season and is the main reason the Rangers are dark horse Stanley Cup favorites. I’m going with New York to win this game and for under 5.5 combined goals scored in this meeting between two Original Six teams.

Scott Steinberg

Scott has been a sports fan since he received a New York Mets jacket as a toddler. He’s been playing fantasy baseball and football for over 20 years, dating back to Frank Thomas being one of his first fantasy baseball picks. As a professional, he has covered the NFL, MLB, NCAAF, and NCAAB and is looked to as the go-to guy for fantasy sports amongst family, friends, and co-workers.