Pittsburgh Penguins (49-27-11) vs New York Rangers (54-26-7)
Friday, May 13, 2022 at 7:00 pm
This is a play on the NEW YORK RANGERS for our NHL Friday Breakaway. New York staved off elimination with a win to cut the Pittsburgh series lead to 3-2 and the Rangers bring in some solid momentum as they trailed 2-0 in Game Five but scored three unanswered goals in a span of less than three minutes then added two in the third to pull away. The Rangers are 25-16-2-0 on the road and the defense has led the way, not including Game Three and Four where they allowed seven goals in each game, as they are allowing 2.91 gpg on the highway and a better effort on the road is expected here. Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin was not great but gave up just three goals including just one over the last 32 minutes. The Rangers are 64-27 in their last 91 games as a road favorite. Pittsburgh got off to a great start on Wednesday but let it slip away and that can be a delating defeat. The Penguins are vulnerable now and hockey is so much different than the NBA when it comes to teams coming from behind from a big deficit. They have been good at home but nothing dominant as they are just 5-4 in their last nine games in Pittsburgh. Louis Domingue has been a great story in this series but he has been inconsistent as he allowed two goals on Monday but faced only 26 shots and gave up four goals on 33 shots in Game Five. The Penguins are 3-8 in their last 11 games as an underdog. Here, we play against home underdogs of +100 to +150 against the money line in the second half of the season allowing 2.85 or more gpg, after scoring three goals or more in three straight games. This situation is 49-17 (74.2 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (65) New York Rangers