NHL Free Game Of The Day: Sharks at Rangers

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The San Jose Sharks and New York Rangers will face off on Friday at 7 p.m. EST at Madison Square Garden. The 14-4-3 Rangers are favored against the 13-9-1 Sharks with the moneylines at Rangers -180 and Sharks +150. The O/U on this total is set at 5.5 goals. 

And we’ve unlocked all the star picks for you on this game right here.

Sharks at Rangers

The BetQL Model assigns a star rating (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐= best value; ⭐= least value) to every bet for every game in every sport, every day.

For Sharks at Rangers, the BetQL Model sees great value in a couple of bets, including the under 5.5 goals (⭐⭐⭐⭐). We project under 4.5 goals will be scored in this game. Check out all of our daily NHL best bets right here.

The Rangers have won their last four games in a row, while the Sharks have won their last three. The Sharks have hit this under in three of their last four, as have the Rangers, so the chances are great this game will hit the under here tonight.

To calculate those star ratings, the Model crunches every player and team stat imaginable and spits out projections for every game. In this case, the Model projects the Rangers will score 2.55 goals to the Sharks' 1.95 goals and gives New York a 56.14% chance to win the game. BetQL also grades each team in different areas to show you where each might have an advantage.

Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin is getting an A grade from BetQL in this matchup, as is Sharks goalie James Reimer, so this matchup looks pretty even defensively and indicates a low-scoring game.

Check out the Sharks vs. Rangers game page for more data like our Sharp Bettor Report, which shows the breakdown of where the public is betting vs. where the professionals are betting, line movement and top trends for teams, players and even coaches for every matchup.

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