It’s do-or-die time in the Tri-State area, with the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils dropping the puck for Game 7 tonight. This has been a back-and-forth series built around streaks. The Rangers took Games 1 and 2, then the Devils won the next three before dropping Game 6 to bring these teams to a winner-take-all. With the stakes high in this matchup of cross-river rivals, let’s take a look at the best Rangers-Devils NHL bet with the help of OddsShopper.
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Best Rangers-Devils Bet: Chris Kreider Hot as One Can Be on Ice
Kreider is driving much of the Rangers offense in this series, leading the team in points with 9 and in goals with six (New York has 17 goals total). He is averaging a goal a game against the Devils in the playoffs and has scored in four of six games this series — seven of 10 games total against the Devils this season. In other words, Kreider is clearly the goal-hunting option if playing anytime scorer props with the Rangers.
With a 34% expected win rate in the OddsShopper Premium Tool, Kreider any goal scorer is currently the top prop on the market for the one-game NHL slate. The only other any goal prop that can match this one’s 7% expected ROI is Kaapo Kakko’s, and he only has a 17% chance of lighting the lamp, according to OddsShopper. Kakko’s +550 odds are driving up the value there, but Kakko has only one goal this series.
Kreider, on the other hand, is arguably the No. 1 goal candidate in this game, let alone on the Rangers, as no one on New Jersey has more than three goals in the series. Jack Hughes and Timo Meier have better win expectancies on OddsShopper, but not by much. Kreider to score is also +210 on FanDuel while Hughes and Meier are +135 and +185, respectively, so there is more value with Kreider.
At this time, Kreider to score is far and away OddsShopper‘s favorite prop for this game, as it believes it is worth 2.26 units (2.26% osBet percentage) despite the inherent risk of a goal-scorer prop. No other prop in the model even exceeds a 1% osBet percentage.
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Best Rangers-Devils NHL Bet: Chris Kreider Any Goal Scorer (+210, FanDuel)
