The New York Rangers (20-20-3, 43 points, 7th Metro) are on the road Thursday with a visit to Salt Lake City, and the Delta Center to play the Utah Hockey Club (18-18-7, 43 points, 6th Central). We will dive deeper into our New York Rangers vs. Utah Hckey Club prediction. New York was defeated by the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Tuesday night, snapping a two-game winning streak for the Rangers. Utah was defeated by Montreal 5-3 on Tuesday night. The Hockey Club has lost two straight and four of the last five. New York and Utah are well off the pace of postseason contention. New York does not have any players listed on its injury report. Utah will play without Dylan Guenther, Robert Bortuzzo, and Sean Durzi. Hockey fans, lace up! Explore our NHL picks for New York Rangers vs. Utah Hockey Club prediction and score big on the ice.
New York needs more from its attack and must tighten up its blueline
The New York Rangers have a goals-for average of 2.9 and a goals-against average of 3.1, which are 20th and 21st respectively. New York averages 30.0 (7th) shots per game and allows an average of 31.2 (31st). The New York power play is 21st, scoring 19.3% of the time the Rangers have the man advantage. The penalty kill is sixth, holding opponents scoreless 83.1% of the time New York is short-handed.
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Artemi Panarin leads New York in goals with 17 and points with 45. Vincent Trocheck is second in goals with 14 and Chris Kreider is third with 13. Adam Fox is the leader in assists with 31 and Panarin is second with 28. Fox is second in points with 33 and Trocheck is third with 29. New York has seven players with 20 points or more. Kaapo Kakko is the leader plus/minus at 9. Goalie Igor Shesterkin is 13-15-2 with a 2.97 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage. Backup Jonathan Quick is 6-5-1 with a 2.98 GAA and .900 SV%.
Utah needs more from its attack while the defense is just average
The Utah Hockey Club has a goals-for average of 2.8 and a goals-against average of 3.0, which are 25th and 15th respectively. Utah averages 27.2 (24th) shots per game and allows an average of 28.7 (20th). Utah’s power play is 16th, scoring 21.5% of the time the Hockey Club has the man advantage. The penalty kill is 13th, holding opponents scoreless 81.2% of the time Utah is short-handed.
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Dylan Guenther, who is out injured, is the leading goal scorer for Utah with 16. Clayton Keller is second in goals scored with 14, the leader in assists with 29, and the leader in points with 43. Logan Cooley is third in goals scored with 12, second in assists with 25, and second in points with 37. Utah has five players with 29 or more points. Michael Kesselring is the leader in plus/minus at 10. Utah goalie Connor Ingram is 6-5-3 with a 3.49 GAA and .877 SV%. Backup Karel Vejmelka is 10-12-3 with a 2.48 GAA and .912 SV%.
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The Utah Hockey Club is not scoring that well with a 2.8 goals-for average but is 15th in goals-against at 3.0. New York is 21st in goals-against at 3.1 and just 20th in goals-for at 2.9. New York has lost 12 of its last 18 games and the Rangers have lost 11 of the last 15 games played on the road. Utah goalie Connor Ingram missed several games with an injury but returned last Saturday and performed well between the pipes losing 2-1 but saving 30 of 32 shots faced in goal. Ingram played for the first time since November 18th. Ingram’s presence in goal gives Utah a more experienced goalie and one who beat the Rangers on October 12.
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New York has a goals-for average of just 2.8 and Utah has a 2.9 goals-for average. The goals-against for NY is 3.1 and for Utah is 3.0. The total has been under in 13 of New York’s last 20 games and in five of the last seven games that New York has played on the road. The total has finished under in four of Utah’s last five games and in six of the last nine games that Utah has played against New York
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