New York Rangers (25-13-7) vs Boston Bruins (35-5-4)
Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 7:00 pm
The Bruins were fortunate that Linus Ullmark continued his Vezina Trophy campaign as he was incredible last night on Long Island and stole the game for the B's in the end. The Islanders held a big advantage in scoring opportunities and led the expected goals for vs. expected goals against total by over 1.5 goals. If Semyon Varlamov was sharper and the Isles found a goal on any of their six powerplay goals, NYI would have taken that game but Ullmark was spectacular, as per usual this season. The problem is, now the Bruins play their second game of the back-to-back and will most likely not have Ullmark in the lineup (unless they shockingly play him on back-to-back nights, which would make virtually 0 sense). The B's were pretty sloppy last night and now have to face a rested, talented Rangers team with a good goaltender themselves. I like the Rangers to take advantage of the situation that was dealt to them and win this game on the ML.