The new-look Vancouver Canucks continue their East Coast road trip with a visit to Madison Square Garden and a rematch of the 1994 Stanley Cup Final. Read on for our best Canucks vs. Rangers pick based on top odds.
Having traded captain Bo Horvat just before the All-Star break, the Canucks face the Rangers in the fifth game for new head coach Rick Tocchet. The Canucks are 2-1-1 since Tocchet took over for Bruce Boudreau behind the bench.
The Rangers have a 9-2-2 record in 2023, though that surge up the standings has come with a little luck in the form of two overtime wins and a shootout victory.
Here is our best Canucks vs. Rangers NHL pick (odds via DraftKings Sportsbook; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).
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Canucks vs. Rangers pick
It's has been a rough season for the Canucks, but they appear to be capitalizing on the good old new coach bump.
In the admittedly small sample under Tocchet, the Canucks have controlled 57.4% of five-on-five score-and-venue-adjusted expected goals, which ranks fifth league-wide.
While it's premature to suggest that the Canucks are set for a dramatic turnaround, if they can get their recent gains to stick, they can at least be more competitive. Despite a 10-13-3 road record, the Canucks have covered a 1.5-goal spread in 15 of their past 20 away games.
Even though the Rangers have been climbing in the standings, they have been a relatively mediocre possession team, relying a lot on the finishing ability of Filip Chytil and Mika Zibanejad. The two centers have combined for 18 goals in 13 games since the beginning of January.
If we're seeing actual structural improvement to the Canucks' game under Tocchet, they should be able to give the Rangers a test, so the puck line play makes sense.
That said, this is only a three-star selection due to uncertainty over Vancouver's goaltending. Collin Delia has been the better option, but if Spencer Martin gets the start, the Canucks are not quite as appealing. Martin has a .856 save percentage in his past 16 appearances.
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Canucks vs. Rangers best odds
| DraftKings | FanDuel | BetMGM | Caesars | PointsBet |
| -120 ?? | -122 | -125 ?? | -125 ?? | -125 ?? |
Most of our top-rated sportsbooks have the Canucks +1.5 priced at -120, though PointsBet has it set at -125.
There is a tight range on the puck line price at our top-rated sportsbooks, with DraftKings offering the best price with Vancouver +1.5 (-120) slightly better than FanDuel at -122. The rest have settled at -125.
Any news on player availability, including who will start in net for Vancouver, could move the line a little, but DraftKings has the early edge as the best place to make this wager.
Canucks vs. Rangers odds
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Canucks vs. Rangers odds analysis
The FanDuel moneyline opened with the Rangers as heavy favorites at -255, compared to the Canucks at +205. With 79% of the early consensus moneyline wagers on the Rangers, there has still been some line movement the other way.
The Rangers are now favored at -240 while the Canucks are priced at +195.
The total briefly opened at 6, with the Over at -130 and the Under at +106. With 54% of the early consensus action coming in on the Over, the line has moved to 6.5, priced at -110 on both sides of the ledger.
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Canucks vs. Rangers game info
- Date: Wednesday, Feb. 8, 8 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN+, Sportsnet, TVAS, MSG
- Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Canucks-Rangers pick made 2/8/2023 at 10:30 a.m. ET.
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