Boston Bruins VS New York Rangers ( BETTING TIPS, Match Preview & Expert Analysis )
PREVIEW & TIPS Boston Bruins VS New York Rangers
Traditional duel on Saturday evening – live on DAZN. You shouldn’t miss it, even if the chances of many goals in the matchup between the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers are rather slim.
On the offensive, only the 19th best team (Bruins) and the 22nd best (Rangers) face each other. In six of their last seven meetings, the mark of five goals has not been exceeded. We do not expect that for Saturday either, which does not speak for a bad ice hockey game.
Boston Bruins News
The Bruins are the team with two faces this season. Only on Thursday did they show their good face again, with which they clearly brought the Rangers to their knees 4-0. Before that, however, they had just one hit in two games, which corresponds to an average of 0.5 per game.That shows us two things: on the one hand, they will again place more value on good defense than on a strong offense in 2021, and on the other hand, they don’t approach every game with the same intensity. This can of course also be due to their higher average age.
With Bergeron (35), Krejci (34), Marchand (32) and Smith (31), four of their top 7 scorers have already passed 30 years. No other top team can boast such a high average. The fact that they conserve their strength in some games cannot be dismissed out of hand. But will you also play against the Rangers on Saturday? This is quite possible as the Bruins tend to win only one of two direct duels within two days. In the last double feature against NY, the results were 4: 1 and 2: 6 in the end.
New York Rangers News
The Rangers will undoubtedly have a transition season. The playoff ranks are already nine points away and if anything, then it’s all about keeping the warring Devils behind them.But that will not prevent them from wanting to take revenge from the Bruins, who gave them a bitter shutout on Thursday. The experienced Kreider and Panarin in particular will not want to be offered this twice.
On February 27th, the Rangers proved that they can defeat the Bruins. At that time they were superior to the Rangers in almost all statistics (shots, hits, blocks, power play) and in the end deservedly won 6-2. Above all, Chris Kreider and Ryan Strome, who had two and three scorer points respectively in this game, know how it goes against the Bruins. Without a goal they will hardly stay on Saturday. But since the Rangers think more defensively than offensively, it could lead to a game with few goals.