The New York Rangers will look to bolster their win total and reward moneyline bettors when the Tampa Bay Lightning invade Madison Square Garden on Thursday.

The Rangers bring a 15-6-3 record to the battle against the 11-14-2 Lightning. OVER/UNDER bettors have seen New York go 12-10-2 so far and the Lightning go 16-10-1.



View Tampa Bay vs NY Rangers Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
Bettors looking to side with the Rangers in this one will find them as -165 favorites on the NHL money line. Betting the over under instead? It was hovering near 5.5 at its open earlier today.

Power Rankings:
This game matches up the No. 9 (Rangers) and the No. 22 (Lightning) teams according to our current NHL Power Rankings.



How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up New York's No. 10-ranked offense (3 goals per game) against a Lightning defense that ranks No. 27 at 3.3 goals per game allowed. The Rangers Sportsbook has clicked at a 15.3% rate while the Lightning have a 82.9% rate on the penalty kill.

The Lightning were a 5-1 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Islanders. That made Sportsbooks of bettors who got New York at -110 on the moneyline, while the total score (6) was good news for OVER bettors.

Last time out for New York, they were a 4-2 loser as they battled the Maple Leafs at home. Moneyline bettors who got the Maple Leafs at +140 were rewarded, while the 6 combined goals moved the game OVER for totals bettors.


Tampa Bay Lightning Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing St. Louis are 4-6
After playing NY Islanders are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6

New York Rangers Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 7-3
Before playing Florida are 4-6
After playing Toronto are 5-5
After a loss are 5-5

A few Lightning at Rangers trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing NY Rangers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Rangers
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Tampa Bay's last 11 games on the road
NY Rangers are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games at home
NY Rangers are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of the NY Rangers last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of the NY Rangers last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay


Next up:
Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, Saturday, December 10
NY Rangers at Buffalo, Saturday, December 10