Here we go the greatest series of the NHL season, Stanley Cup Finals!!!
I do believe we have 2 very evenly matched teams in the finals this year and I do think we will see a very good series and wouldn't be surprised if we saw 7 games. Here a few stats/records to show how even this teams have been this season.
NYR 57-38-4-3
LA 58-35-4-6
NYR Home record: 26-20-3-2
LA Home record: 28-17-3-2
NYR Road record: 31-18-1-1
LA Road record: 30-18-1-4
NY O/U: 37-49
LA O/U: 35-46
NYR avg shots for: 32.4 / against 29.1
LA avg shots for: 31.5 / against 27.0
NYR avg goals for: 2.63 / against 2.30
LA avg goals for: 2.63 / against 2.21
Those are just some of the basic numbers for overall season and as you can see these teams have some very similar numbers. Now if you look at the post season numbers vary a little more but still not crazy to one side:
Offensive Stats:
NYR Goals per game: 2.70
NYR Shots per game: 29.4
NYR Power Play % 13.6
LA Goals per game: 3.48
LA shots per game: 30.7
LA Power play % 25.4
Defensive Stats:
NYR AVG goals allowed: 2.25
NYR avg shots allowed: 28.0
NYR Penalty Kill % 85.9
NYR Power Play goals allowed: 9/64
LA avg goals allowed: 2.86
LA avg shots allowed: 30.3
LA Penalty Kill % 81.2
LA Power Play goals allowed: 15/80
As you can see here that the Kings have done better on the offensive side of the puck yet the Rangers are slightly better on the defensive side. I have always enjoyed watching both of the goalies in this series and I think both of them will be up for the Finals as well. So with that said let's get to who I am taking for the Stanley Cup Finals!
New York Rangers +150
I do think the Rangers will step up for this game and make this a very competitive series and I will be looking at them very hard to steal game 1 in LA. I see great value on the Rangers here and look for them to slow the offense of the Kings down and little and this will be a difference in this series.
Best of luck to everyone on the Stanley Cups Finals and let's enjoy the games