Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers Prediction, 3/16/2023 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers

Date: Thursday, March 16, 2023

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: MSG+

Odds/Point Spread: Penguins (+120) Rangers (-143)

Madison Square Garden is the site where the New York Rangers (38-19-10) will take on the Pittsburgh Penguins (34-23-10) on Thursday. The line on this contest has the Penguins at +120 while the Rangers open at -143. The over/under is set at 7.

The Pittsburgh Penguins will look to clean up some issues after taking a 6-4 loss against the Canadiens in their previous outing. Pittsburgh earned 6 mins in the box in this matchup. Furthermore, they had 4 power play opportunities and scored 2 goals. The Penguins had a good offensive outing in the loss. In the outing, they scored on 4 out of the 43 shots they attempted.

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When at even strength, the Penguins have surrendered 172 goals while earning 169 when they are on offense. Pittsburgh Penguins opponents have earned 214 power play tries (12th in pro hockey) and have tallied 43 goals in those attempts. In relation to their scoring, the Pittsburgh Penguins have racked up 220 goals (12th in the NHL) this year and have allowed 215. Pittsburgh has attempted 2,280 shots and holds a shooting percentage of 9.7%. For the current campaign, they have recorded 78 points and their points % is .582. The Penguins have seen 2,243 shots tried against them and hold a save percentage of .904. Pittsburgh comes into tonight with 233 power play chances and they have added 51 goals during those chances, garnering them a percentage of 21.89%.

Protecting the goal for this matchup will be Tristan Jarry. Jarry has played in 195 games over the course of his hockey career. He has accumulated a record of 113-54-19 and he has gotten the start in 187 games. Opponents have tallied 489 goals versus Jarry in his professional career and his goals against average per game is 2.64. Jarry has seen 5,675 shot attempts against him and he has 5,186 saves. His save percentage is at .914 during his 11,100 minutes guarding the cage. Over the course of his pro career, Jarry is sitting with 113 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is .604.

In their last game, New York squared up with the Capitals in a matchup where the Rangers took home the win by a tally of 5-3. They had 2 power play attempts in this outing and netted 1 out of those chances. The Rangers earned 5 goals out of the 36 shots on goal they were seeking.

The Rangers have accumulated 170 goals at even strength and 48 goals (14th in hockey) while on the power play. New York has put up 2,131 shots (15th in the NHL) and has accumulated a shot percentage of 10.23%, while allowing their opponents 1,959 shots. During this campaign, the New York Rangers have a total of 218 goals, 86 points, as well as a points percentage of .642. They have granted a total of 187 goals to be scored by way of 148 goals at even strength and 39 goals while they were shorthanded. They have recorded 204 power play chances and they have a power play percentage of 23.53%. They have recorded a penalty kill percentage of 79.69% on the other teams 192 chances on the power play, and their save percentage currently comes in at 90.5%.

On the other side of the ice you are going to see Igor Shesterkin in net. He has recorded 4,094 stops out of the 4,439 shots taken, which gives him a rate of .922. Shesterkin has accrued a career mark of 92-40-14 and has participated in 148 contests. He has made the start in 143 contests and has been on the ice for 8,550 mins. Shesterkin's percentage of quality starts comes out to 65.0% and he has made 93 quality starts in his NHL career. His opponents are averaging 2.42 goals per contest and he has relinquished 345 goals altogether.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh's Pick: Take Pittsburgh (+120)

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