Geschichten » NHL 18: Buffalo Sabres vs. New York Rangers

The New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabers meet New Years Day within the NHL(Buy NHL Coins) Winter Classic at Citi Field.

The New York Rangers look for any spark of consistency after splitting their last 12 games. The New York Rangers are averaging 3.1 objectives per game and are scoring on 18.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Michael Grabner leads New York with 17 objectives, Mats Zuccarello has 21 assists and Mika Zibanejad has 77 shots on goal. Defensively, the New York Rangers are allowing 2.7 objectives per game and are killing 84.1 percent of their opponents energy plays. Henrik Lundqvist has offered up 79 objectives on 1,012 shots faced and Ondrej Pavelec has allowed 20 objectives on 263 shots. The New York Rangers have allowed three or much less goals in 10 of their final 12 games.

The Buffalo Sabers have a chance to win back-to-back games for the initial time considering that October 21-24. The Buffalo Sabers are averaging 2.2 objectives per game and are scoring on 12.4 percent of their energy play opportunities. Evander Kane leads Buffalo with 15 goals, Jack Eichel has 20 assists and Ryan O'Reilly has 91 shots on purpose. Defensively, the Buffalo Sabers are enabling 3.3 goals per game and are killing 81.9 percent of their opponents power plays. Robin Lehner has given up 73 goals on 861 shots faced and Chad Johnson has allowed 43 ambitions on 362 shots. The Buffalo Sabers have permitted three or more ambitions in seven of their final 10 games.

The Rangers are 1-4 in their last 5 road games, 20-6 in their last 26 Monday games and 6-1 in their last 7 games playing on 2 days rest. The Sabres are 3-8 in their final 11 house games, 2-6 in their final 8 games playing on 2 days rest and 23-51 in their final 74 vs. Eastern Conference. The Rangers are 6-1 in the last 7 meetings in Buffalo, 10-3 inside the final 13 meetings plus the road team is 4-1 in the final 5 meetings.

It is usually tough to predict outdoors hockey games, because the elements are distinctive, it really is difficult to pick up the puck and we usually see weird items take place. There's a opportunity we see a good deal of HUT 18 Coins scoring in this contest. But when mentioned and done, it is really hard to produce a case for the Sabres, a club that hasn't won back-to-back games in over two months and has been on the losing side in seven on the last 10 meetings against the Rangers. While the price tag is not fantastic, the New York Rangers are the improved team and should really find a solution to get the job accomplished.