TNT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nRangers vs Blues Analysis<\/h2>\nThe St. Louis Blues are riding red-hot coming into Wednesday\u2019s game against the New York Rangers, winning four games straight and covering the puckline in every single one.<\/p>\n The Rangers meanwhile come off a really sub-par loss against Vancouver on Sunday, giving up five goals to the Canucks and have now dropped three of their last five games overall heading into tonight\u2019s matchup.<\/p>\n This will be the team\u2019s first meeting of the season with Game 2 scheduled in St. Louis for next week.<\/p>\n St. Louis\u2019 Blistering Offense<\/h3>\nThe extended road trip coming out of the break for St. Louis seems to have suited them, winning six of their last seven games outright and scoring a pretty impressive 3+ goals in nine of their last twelve contests as well.<\/p>\n On top of this, the Blues have notched a remarkable 31 goals over their last seven games in all, as they\u2019re in some absolutely blistering form right now, ranking first overall in the league on total shots to goal percentage this season.<\/p>\n Rangers Struggling for Production<\/h3>\nThe Rangers meanwhile have been anything but hot in front of goal over recent games, putting up just three goals total over the weekend against the Penguins and Canucks respectively, two of which came as almost consolation prizes in the third period of that Canucks game in a matchup they were getting blown out in by Vancouver.<\/p>\n The Rangers have now scored two or fewer goals in five of their last six outings as they continue to struggle with form in front of nets since coming out of the break two weeks ago.<\/p>\n Rangers vs Blues Prediction<\/h2>\nBoth Igor Shesterkin and Ville Husso are expected in nets tonight for the Rangers and Blues respectively, with both goalies ranking top-5 in the league this year.<\/p>\n Husso is averaging a .931 SV% on the road this season while Shesterkin is allowing just 1.91 goals per game on average at home this year, along with the league\u2019s best overall GSAA average as well.<\/p>\n But despite all the good feedback concerning the goalies stats here, we nevertheless like goals in this one, especially on the St. Louis side, and fully expect them to eclipse their team total of 2.5 here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n While Shesterkin has no doubt been excellent all year, in games he\u2019s lost in this season, he\u2019s averaged 3.21 goals per game to opponents and the Rangers rank 25th on the year on defensive expected goals against also.<\/p>\n With the form St. Louis are currently in right now, we expect goals in this one and we\u2019re taking the St. Louis Blues’ team total over 2.5 goals<\/strong> on Wednesday night against the New York Rangers.<\/p>\n![\"Caesars](\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/caesars_logo_wide_@2x.png\") <\/a><\/p>\nInterested in placing a bet on Wednesday night’s Rangers vs Blues showdown in Madison Square Garden? Caesars Sports is offering up to a $1,500 match bet<\/a> for first-time deposits in New Jersey, West Virginia, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Virginia, Tennessee, Arizona, New York and Louisiana.<\/em><\/p>\n
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