Hockey Predictions - April 24, 2009

We connected with our 5-unit pick last night on New Jersey, unfortunately we missed on the other two. Today we are back with one NHL Playoffs pick.

Today's NHL Hockey Picks:

Game: New York Rangers at Washington (7:00 PM Eastern)
Pick: 3 units on Washington -200 (moneyline) (risk 3 to win 1.5)

The Washington Capitals dropped the first two in this series at home. Then, with their backs to the wall they went to New York and won easily 4-0. They completely outplayed the Rangers in game four, out-shooting them by 39-19. Unfortunately, they ran into a hot goaltender on the night, and were turned away in a 2-1 defeat. This is a team that has dropped more than two in a row at home only once all season, and I would expect the effort here to resemble games three and four. Like the Caps at home, the Rangers only managed to win three in a row on the road just one time during the regular season, and are just 9-22 in their last 31 as a road dog. The Caps are 37-16 in their last 53 home games, and they won't go down in this series without a fight. I'll go with the Caps here.

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Check out the last five NHL Hockey Picks Newsletters:

NHL-Hockey-Picks-April-23-2009
The Pittsburgh Penguins have controlled the Flyers en route to a 3-1 series lead. They may have had a letdown heading to Philly up 2-0, but if there were any doubts about the better team, they were re...

NHL-Hockey-Picks-April-22-2009
The Bruins are dominating the Canadiens in this series and if there was going to be some resistance we would of seen it in game three, but the Habs just had no answers and I expect Boston to continue ...

NHL-Hockey-Picks-April-21-2009
So far, this has been a home-dominated series with the home team prevailing in each of the first three games. The Penguins simply have not been the same team that ran to the NHL Finals last year. One ...

NHL-Hockey-Picks-April-20-2009
The Bruins will head to Montreal after totally destroying the Canadiens in every facet of the game to go up 2-0 in the series. The Bruins outscored the Habs 9-3 in the two games. The Habs are scoreles...

NHL-Hockey-Picks-April-19-2009
Carolina stole home-ice advantage with a big overtime win in game two to knot the series at a game apiece. They now get a shot at home, where they are 12-1 in their last 13 games. The Devils are ...