NHL Hockey Betting: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York Rangers: February 22nd 2009

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York Rangers
Feb 22, 2009 8:00PM - NHL Hockey Picks
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This play is “too expensive” to qualify as one of my premium plays. That said, I feel the Rangers have an excellent shot at coming away with the two points and that the price is actually quite reasonable.

Note that the home team has won both games in this series this season. Additionally, note that the Rangers were laying -220 the last time the teams met here. That goes back to my point about the line being “fair.”

Both teams come off losses yesterday. However, the Leafs’ loss figures to be much tougher to bounce back from. For starters, they had to play overtime and lost in a shootout. More importantly, that was a very emotional game, as it came vs. their longtime leader, Mats Sundin.

The Leafs are 12-22 (-5.1) the last 37 times that they played a road game with an over/under line of 5.5. During the same stretch, the Rangers were 33-14 (+12.2) when playing a home game with an over/under line of 5.5. Consider laying the wood. - Courtesy of Ben Burns