San Jose Sharks vs New York Rangers Prediction: The Blueshirts should take advantage of the Californians' problems

Prediction for the NHL San Jose Sharks vs New York Rangers match, which will take place on November 20. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

San Jose is slowly beginning to overcome the crisis. The Sharks failed to score a single point in the first five games, but they gradually began to improve. In their next four games, they had two wins, then another five-game losing streak, but the Turquoise won three more in their last four games. Alas, that's only good enough for them to sit 13th in the Western Conference standings while their chances of making the playoffs are minimal.

The Rangers are in a much better position, but their ambitions are much higher. Nevertheless, they aren't without their matchup problems either. By the end of 18 games, they have already snapped two losing streaks, one coming in four games and the other in three. In between, the New York team looked excellent. Still, recently they've alternated between wins and losses, beating Detroit and Arizona 8:2 and 4:1 while losing to Nashville and Seattle 1:2 and 2:3. All this allows them to sit in eighth place in the standings in the East.

San Jose is a fantastic team that plays away much better in the current regular championship than at home. The Sharks have already played ten games on home ice with only one win. Of course, the Bluejackets should take advantage of the Californian's problems, and they've won their last four head-to-head encounters. As a result, we'd have to bet on the Rangers to win the game at odds of around 1.64.

San Jose and the Rangers are two teams that indeed don't tend to play closed and defensive hockey, but between them, they have recently started to play through total under. In their previous four head-to-head encounters, the opponents have only allowed 13 goals (3.25 goals per game average), so a total under 5.5 goals for 2.17 is considered a good bet, and a Kaapo Kakko total over 0.5 should be taken into consideration.

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