Carolina vs Rangers Prediction: Game 1 to Live Up to Expectations

Prediction for the NHL Carolina vs New York Rangers match, which will take place on May 19. Check the team conditions. Several betting options are available!

Carolina is among the top 4 contenders for the Stanley Cup according to bookmakers, and this cannot but please fans of the team. Rod Brind’Amour's team is rightfully considered one of the favorites, and they proved it in the first round of the playoffs. There, the Hurricanes met with the experienced Boston - passed on due to the results of the seventh game. Carolina played magnificently - they dominated, converted chances and defended wisely (3:2). The important games like these, when the price for a mistake is extremely high, make a team much stronger.

The Rangers are not fancied. They believe that only St. Louis has a better chance to win the Stanley Cup. Overall, we understand them: the team did not perform particularly well in the last round, where their opponent was a bleeding Pittsburgh. Nevertheless, Gerard Galland's charges managed to beat the Penguins 1:3, but then took three games in a row! In the seventh match, everything was decided in overtime, where Rangers forward Artemiy Panarin converted the majority (4:3 in the game and in the series).  

We won't take any chances on the outcome in the first game of this series. Carolina is the favorite playing with fan support, but the Rangers can definitely surprise. So we suggest the total over.

• Carolina is the favorite for the matchup.
• The Rangers have scored at least six goals in each of their last seven games.
• In six of the seven encounters involving Carolina, at least six goals have been scored.

Few expected these somewhat under teams to be so adventurous in the playoffs. However, they averaged 6.29 goals per game during the Carolina-Boston series, while the Rangers-Pittsburgh series averaged 8.14! We have reason to expect an extremely entertaining encounter in this series, so we bet on an average total over (5.5).

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