Golden Knights vs. Rangers NHL Predictions, Picks and Odds - Dec. 7

The Vegas Golden Knights and New York Rangers are coming off a victory and a loss, respectively, heading into their meeting at Madison Square Garden on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET. Golden Knights (-170) at Rangers (+142) appears lopsided, according to the moneyline odds.

Vegas secured a 3-0 road victory against the New Jersey Devils its last time out on Dec. 5. The Golden Knights got two points each out of Jack Eichel (two assists) and Shea Theodore (one goal and one assist).

New York's most recent game was a home overtime loss, 3-2, against the Colorado Avalanche on Dec. 6. Artemi Panarin (one goal) and Conor Sheary (one goal) were among the six Rangers skaters who recorded one point each in that outing.

Before watching this matchup, here's our prediction for which team will take home the victory in Sunday's hockey action.

Golden Knights vs. Rangers Predictions & Pick

Ahead of the upcoming contest between the Vegas Golden Knights and New York Rangers, computer-calculated moneyline, over/under, and score predictions are below, based on data from Dunkel Index.

• Prediction: Rangers 3 - Golden Knights 2
• Pick OU: Under 5.5 (Dunkel projecting 5.02 goals)
  

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Golden Knights vs. Rangers Moneylines

Take a peek below at the latest moneylines for the Golden Knights-Rangers game.

• Favorite: Golden Knights (-170)
• Underdog: Rangers (+142)

Golden Knights Betting Insights

• The Golden Knights have been victorious in 11 of their 23 games when they were listed as a moneyline favorite this season (47.8%).
• Vegas is 6-6 (victorious in 50.0% of its games) when playing with moneyline odds of -170 or shorter.
• The Golden Knights' implied moneyline win probability is 63.0% in this matchup.
• Vegas and its opponent have gone over 5.5 combined goals in 15 of 27 games this season.

Rangers Betting Insights

• This season the Rangers have been an underdog 15 times, and won seven, or 46.7%, of those games.
• New York has a record of 1-2 in games when bookmakers have them as underdogs of at least +142 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline in this contest implies a 41.3% chance of victory for the Rangers.
• New York has combined with its opponent to score more than 5.5 goals in 11 of 30 games this season.

Golden Knights Key Stats

• Vegas ranks 21st in the league with 82 goals scored (3.0 per game).
• Defensively, the Golden Knights have been one of the stingiest units in league action, allowing 77 total goals (2.8 per game) to rank eighth.
• It has the league's eighth-best goal differential at +5.
• The 22 power-play goals the Golden Knights have scored this season (on 87 power-play chances) are the fifth-most in the NHL.
• Vegas ranks fifth in the league with a 25.29% power-play conversion rate.
• The Golden Knights have scored one shorthanded goal this season.
• Vegas has the league's eighth-best penalty-kill percentage (83.1%).
• Vegas wins 53.7% of its faceoffs to rank fourth in the NHL.
• The Golden Knights shoot 10.3% as a team (19th in the league).

Rangers Key Stats

• With 80 goals (2.7 per game), New York has the league's 25th-ranked offense.
• The Rangers' total of 78 goals allowed (2.6 per game) is 11th in the league.
• With a goal differential of +2, the team is 14th in the league.
• With 13 power-play goals (on 69 chances), the Rangers are 24th in the NHL.
• New York has the NHL's 16th-ranked power-play percentage (18.84%).
• The Rangers have two shorthanded goals (13th in league).
• New York's has the 22nd-ranked penalty-kill percentage (80%).
• New York is third in faceoff win percentage in the NHL (53.8%).
• The 10.2% shooting percentage of the Rangers is 21st in the league.