Rangers beat the Bruins at Madison Square Garden on Jan 3 in a game where Berard scored the winning goal at 12:53 in the first period. Since then, the Rangers have gone on to win against the Blackhawks, and sandwiched between both wins is a 7-4 loss to the Capitals, in which, despite a few sloppy displays, they engaged throughout the full 60.
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Has the night of Berard’s first winning goal signaled a turnaround for the Blueshirts?
Actually, the seeming turning point for the Rangers’ NHL campaign began on Dec 30 when the Rangers came up from 2-0 to equalize and one-up the Panthers in an impressive display before the defending Cup champions eventually took the game in a 5-3 win.
There seemed to be a newfound conviction in the team that night. And in the following matchup against the Bruins, they brought their four-game losing streak to an end in a win that Berard has described as “special.”
However, despite the Rangers starting to trend in the right direction, they backtracked in a brutal defeat against the Stars, where they lost a starting 3-0 lead and fell 5-4 in OT.
Still a difficult road ahead
The Rangers, who are next to bottom in the NHL’s Metropolitan Division, will be itching to get back in the race for a wild card position. However, it’s only going to get more challenging, seeing the caliber of competition they face in the coming weeks.
Here are upcoming matches on schedule for the Rangers through February:
Rangers vs Flyers – Jan 23 (7:00 PM)
Rangers vs Avalanche – Jan 26 (1:00 PM)
Rangers vs Hurricanes – Jan 28 (7:00 PM)
Rangers at Bruins – Feb 1 (3:30 PM)
Rangers vs Golden Knights – Feb 2 (6:00 PM)
Rangers vs Bruins – Feb 5 (7:00 PM)
Rangers vs Penguins – Feb 7 (7:00 PM)
Rangers at Blue Jackets – Feb 8 (7:00 PM)
Rangers at Sabres – 22 Feb (5:30 PM)
Rangers at Penguins – Feb 23 (3:30 PM)
Rangers at Islanders – Feb 25 (7:30 PM)
Rangers vs Maple Leafs – Feb 28 (7:00 PM)
All Rangers matches are available to watch on MSGN, ABC, and TNT according to the broadcast schedule on NHL.com. You can follow the action to root for the team or as you place bets. Rangers are having a bad season and are, therefore, the underdogs in many of these matchups. But underdog odds are often a good place to find value. So follow the matchups on SportyTrader if you want to get expert NHL picks for New York.
At the start of the year, it felt like their losing streak seemed to have come to an end, but it will take a lot more effort and consistency for this team to drag itself out of the trenches. Rangers NHL betting picks and predictions are available for all games, home and away.
