On Thursday the NHL Power play is on the NY. Rangers. Game 58 at 7:05 eastern. The Rangers get game 1 at home and this ail be big in a series where the host has Dominated of late. In fact the Rangers are 8-0 here vs Philadelphia the past few years, outscoring them to the the tune of 31-9 at the Garden. The Ranger shave the better goalie in Henrik Lundquist. The Ranger safe the #4 defensive team in the league and have the 3rd best penalty kill which will hurt a flyers team that does most of their damage with the extra man. New York has won 5 of 7 with 3+ days rest and are the hot team coming into the playoffs. Below is the 59% all time home record for home teams in game 1 of the first round, as these teams are 123-85. Look for New York to get game 1.









HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Playing Game 1 @ H:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team playing Game 1 @ H (New York Rangers) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2013 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 820-400 (.672)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 197-99 (.666)
series record, NHL only, all rounds: 393-213 (.649)
series record, NHL only, Preliminary round: 129-79 (.620)
Game 1 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 821-399 (.673)
Game 1 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 189-107 (.639)
Game 1 record, NHL only, all rounds: 393-213 (.649)
Game 1 record, NHL only, Preliminary round: 123-85 (.591) NY. Rangers