This is simply a play that Igor won’t give up more than 3…and the Rangers won’t lose this bet via empty net goals.

The Carolina Hurricanes return home after two one-goal losses. They are committing stupid, silly penalties that are easily fixable. The Rangers have scored four power-play goals in the first two games. Unacceptable! Carolina out-shot New York in both games, 82-62, and will play with their hair on fire in this must-win game.

I was pondering Rangers puckline but this ML has come down 20 cents so I'll back the desperate home team. The Blushirts aren't going unbeaten in these playoffs. Probably. Perhaps having the last line change will help the Canes slow a New York offense that scored four in each of the first two games. Generally, teams are better on special teams at home and that's why Carolina is down 2-0. The Rangers are 4-for-9 on the power play and 10-for-10 on the penalty kill.

It's not like the first round (especially late in that round) in these Stanley Cup playoffs, as all six of the games to date in the second round have landed on the "over" side. Though, in truth, the Canes weren't as much a participant in the spate of "unders" in the first round, with Rob Brind'Amour seeing thirteen different goal-scorers in the seven playoff games to date. A bit worryingly, however, Frederik Andersen hasn't been as sharp in goal as he was for much of March and April, stopping only 107 of 121 shots across the past four games (.884 saves...down from his .932 in the regular season), and the Rangers have scored four in each of the two games thus far. Play Rangers-Canes "Over"