Betting On Game 7 Capitals Rangers – Rangers Confident They Can Close Out Capitals

After six grueling, hard-fought games that have all been decided by a single goal, it all comes down to one game. It doesn’t get much better than this, with the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers will face off in game seven this Saturday evening with a chance to go to the Eastern conference finals on the line. The Rangers had Washington on the ropes in game six with the chance to eliminate them in their own building and failed, so now the series shifts back to Madison Square Garden in New York where they will get another shot, but in a completely different setting as a loss now means elimination for both teams.

Washington Capitals @ New York Rangers
Saturday May 12, 2012 – 7:30 PM ET
Madison Square Gardens, New York, New York
NHL Sportsbook Line: New York Rangers

Regardless of being the online betting sites underdog for this game, the Capitals won’t be intimidated one bit. Washington wasn’t given a chance against the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins but took care of business in the opening round, and now they get another chance to prove that they belong with a much bigger prize at the end of this series.

NHL Betting Preview: Washington Capitals

The Capitals have won in this building before, and considering that their two losses came by just a single goals, they should be a confident team heading in to the finale. Washington absolutely dominated game six from the opening puck drop, setting the tone with physical play and firing everything that they could at Rangers’ goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. Rookie netminder Braden Holtby was unflappable again with 30 saves on 31 shots, and has recorded a .935 save percentage in these playoffs. With a solid goaltender holding down the fort at their own end, the Capitals will need their stars like Alex Ovechkin to rise to the occasion and play their best game of the series.

NHL Betting Preview: New York Rangers

As for stars, the Rangers have to feel confident with Brad Richards and Marian Gaborik up front, especially considering Richards’ ability to take his game to the next level when it matters the most. In order to win this game, New York will have to get back to the physical style of play that it showed in the games that they have won, where they have dominated the pace of the game and made things difficult on Holtby. Lundqvist is a Vezina trophy caliber goaltender that will make the big saves to keep his team in the game, so it will be on Richards and company up front to execute and close out the series with a win.

NHL Betting Preview: Outlook & Pick

Undoubtedly the most entertaining sports betting online series of the second round, the Rangers and Capitals will wrap things up on Saturday throwing everything that they have at one another for the chance to go to the Eastern conference finals. For as good as Washington has been, the edge has to go to Lundqvist in goal, and that will be the difference in this game. Both teams have solid depth up front and on the blue line, but in the end the matchup of a Vezina goaltender and a rookie in game seven will be the difference even though Holtby has played so good in this series.

NHL Betting Pick: New York Rangers