Bruins vs. Rangers Odds, Picks, Predictions: Boston is Uncommon(ly Good)

Coming off a 4-1 win at the Islanders on Wednesday, the dominant Boston Bruins take on the Original Six-rival New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday. Read on for our best Bruins vs. Rangers pick based on top odds.

You've probably read this here a time or two, but the Bruins are a juggernaut.

Wednesday’s win at the Islanders leaves Boston with one regulation loss in the past 18 games. With 74 points, they hold a 12-point lead over the rest of the league.

While the Rangers are comfortably in a playoff spot, they have been entirely mediocre at home, with an 11-8-4 record. Part of that is due to goaltender Igor Shesterkin, who has been much better away from Madison Square Garden (.931 save percentage) than at home (.908).

If the Rangers are going to slow down the Bruins, they will likely need Shesterkin to be great.

Here is our best Bruins vs. Rangers NHL pick (odds via Caesars Sportsbook; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).

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Bruins vs. Rangers Game Info

• Date: Thursday, Jan. 19, 7 p.m. ET
• TV: ESPN+, Sportsnet, TVAS, MSG, NESN
• Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Bruins vs. Rangers Odds

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Bruins vs. Rangers Odds Analysis

The FanDuel moneyline opened with the Bruins (-113) slightly favored over the Rangers (-106).

With 62% of the consensus money line wagers on Boston, the price has not shifted much. It topped out with the Bruins favored at -120 on Thursday morning, but that has settled in at -113 on the money line at FanDuel, with the Rangers at -108.

The total has mostly remained at 5.5, though it moved to six for the briefest of moments. The total opened at FanDuel with the Over of 5.5 priced at -124 and the Under priced at +102. Now that 66% of the consensus wagers are on the Over, the price at FanDuel has shifted slightly to -122 for the Over and +100 for the Under.

Bruins vs. Rangers Pick

Bruins ML vs. Rangers (-110) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

At what point does it make sense to pick against the Boston Bruins? Maybe on the second game of a back-to-back against a rested opponent.

For most teams, that's a potential schedule loss – but getting Boston on the second half of a back-to-back is cold comfort for the Rangers. The Bruins are 5-1 in these situations so far this season.

This a matchup of an outstanding Bruins team and a good Rangers team. Boston’s overall goal differential is +75, which is far ahead of the second-ranked New Jersey Devils at +40. The Rangers rank seventh at +24.

After some early success in terms of expected goals percentage, the Rangers have become mediocre, hovering around 50% for the past two months.

The Blueshirts have a goaltender that can help them win despite that mediocrity, but that is a much taller task against the Bruins.

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Bruins vs. Rangers Best Odds

Caesars, BetMGM, PointsBet (-110)

Three of the five top-rated sportsbooks are offering the standard -110 on both sides of the moneyline for this game. Even under the circumstances, that does not seem to be giving the Bruins the appropriate respect.

DraftKings has moved furthest toward Boston on the moneyline, but the Bruins are priced at -115, which is still reasonable value.

The Rangers should be getting left winger Chris Kreider back from an upper-body injury that has kept him sidelined for the past week. But even an official statement affirming Kreider’s status for the game should not make much difference to this line.

Bruins-Rangers pick made 1/19/2023 at 1:30 p.m. ET.

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