The New York Rangers and Boston Bruins meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET in Boston, Massachusetts, on opening night of the 2026-27 NHL season. Let's analyze NHL odds around the Rangers vs. Bruins odds and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
2025 season series: Rangers won 2-1 with both wins (2-1 and 3-2) at home; Bruins won the game in Boston 6-3
New York placed last in the Atlantic Division last season, going 34-39-9 and missing the playoffs. The Rangers' 77 points marked their fewest in a full season since 2017-18. In the offseason, New York aggressively reshaped its roster, adding 37-goal scorer Pavel Dorofeyev among several skaters expected to contribute on offense and at the blue line.
The Bruins went 45-27-10 in 2025-26, and their 100 points
earned a wild card slot in the Eastern Conference playoffs, where they lost to the Buffalo Sabres in the first round. Boston was a first-division squad at both ends of the ice, averaging 3.27 goals per game and yielding 3.01. Key additions this year also address both ends, as the Bruins bring in RW JJ Peterka (25 goals, 22 assists) and D William Borgen, a stay-at-home, physical type who played for the Rangers the last 2 years.
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Rangers at Bruins odds
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- Moneyline (ML): Rangers -106 (bet $106 to win $100) | Bruins -113 (bet $113 to win $100)
- Puck line (PL)/Against the spread (ATS): Rangers +1.5 (-265) | Bruins -1.5 (+210)
- Over/Under (O/U): 5.5 (O: -130 | U: +106)
Rangers at Bruins projected goalies
Igor Shesterkin (2025-26: 25-19-6, 2.50 GAA, .912 SV%) vs. Jeremy Swayman (2025-26: 31-18-4, 2.71 GAA, .908 SV%)
Shesterkin has been a terrific road goalie during his career, and last season was nothing new in that department. The veteran netminder clocked a .919 SV% away from Madison Square Garden.
Swayman, on the other hand, excels on home ice. The now-27-year-old posted a .920 SV% at TD Garden last season (vs. an .896 SV% on the road). Swayman owns a .929 career SV% across 9 games vs. the Blueshirts.
Rangers at Bruins picks and predictions
Prediction
Bruins 3, Rangers 2
Moneyline
Coach Marco Sturm led the Bruins to a strong start in his first season at the helm. Boston won its opener last season as part of a 3-0-0 start. The Bruins went 12-6-0 across their first 18 at home last season.
Coach Mike Sullivan's Rangers squad lost its opener 3-0, and that was part of a 2-3-1 start to the 2025-26 campaign.
Boston, which has not lost a home opener since 2015, may take a bit of a step back this season, although the Bruins could well do that and still make the Stanley Cup Playoffs. But for this home opener, there is value on BOSTON (-113).
Puck line/Against the spread
PASS.No interest.
Over/Under
Look for an early-season defensive focus from the Rangers, who made moves to bolster things at that end. And the new pieces of the Rangers offense may take some time to gel.
With the goalie matchup and 2 clubs who were solid enough at their own end in the preseason, the UNDER 5.5 (+106) is the value end of this lid-lifter in Boston.
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