New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers Prediction, Odds and Picks for Thursday, 01/09/25

The New Jersey Devils head through the tunnel to Manhattan to battle the New York Rangers in a Metropolitan Division matchup at Madison Square Garden. The Devils won each of the first 2 meetings in this series, posting a 5-1 win at MSG on Dec. 2 as the Under (6.5) cashed before topping the Rangers 5-0 at Prudential Center in Newark — where the Under (6) also connected. The total has gone low in 4 of the past 5 meetings in this series, too. New Jersey enters this game with just 9 goals in the past 5 contests, too; that’s an anemic 1.8 goals per game for those counting. The Under has cashed in 4 straight while going 14-2 in the past 16 games since Dec. 2 — a streak that started against the Rangers on the road.

For the Rangers, they were on the short end of a 5-4 OT loss against the Dallas Stars at MSG on Tuesday. Igor Shesterkin is sidelined at the moment due to an upper-body injury, so it’s veteran Jonathan Quick and Louis Domingue holding down the fort. The Over has hit in 5 of the past 6 games for New York, but the Under is still 11-8 in the past 19 games. With what we’re seeing from the Devils and what we’ve seen in this series in recent seasons, let’s go low on the total.

Devils vs Rangers prediction: Under 6.5 (-120) available at time of publishing. Playable to -140.

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