T.M. Selection: Rangers/Blue Jackets UNDER.

I am on the under in the New York Rangers vs Columbus Blue Jackets game on Thursday. The Rangers have looked really good in their games lately but they have been involved in much lower scoring games on the road compared to their home games. They have had 5 of their previous 6 games stay under this posted total and they themselves only scored 4+ goals in 1 of those games. Most of those games were similar in the sense that 1 team would usually score 1 goal and the other would score around 3 on average and I think there will be a similar result in this game. The Rangers have looked great lately but they haven't played a game since Monday and that game even dragged out going into a shootout. I think they are going to come out a bit sluggish at the start of this game due to the longer layoff and I don't expect there to be any early goals from them. They have also been giving up early goals in their games lately and then have to dig their way out so i think they will be focused on a better defensive effort here. The Blue Jackets aren't exactly a good team and they don't have a great offense either. They haven't scored more than 2 goals in any of their previous 5 games and I don't expect that to be any different here. They aren't playing well losing 3 games in a row and I think this will be a game that the Rangers will dominate with good defense. I think this will be a low scoring game so I like the under here.

T.M. Prediction: 2-0 Rangers.