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Capitals vs. Penguins Player Props | Rickard Rakell | Tuesday

Liz Hudston
January 2, 2024 1:46 PM

The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Washington Capitals on Tuesday, 7:30 PM ET at PPG Paints Arena. The Washington Capitals are the underdog in the matchup, with a consensus moneyline of +150.

As favorite, the moneyline for the Pittsburgh Penguins is -181. The Penguins are a -1.5 favorite. The over/under is set at 6 goals.

The Penguins and the Capitals have not met this season.

Rickard’s Most Popular Prop Bet

Rickard Rakell (PIT) has stayed under his shots-on-goal prop in 9 of his last 12 games. BestOdds is projecting about a 13.26% edge on the Under. Current best odds: U 2.5 (-105) are at MGM.

Rickard’s stats vs. Washington Capitals

G SOG Ast Pts
N/A 3 1 1

Rickard’s Season Stats

G SOG Ast Pts
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Rickard’s Team’s Standings

Avg Rank Vs Avg
G / Gm 3.26 6 0.2
GAgst / Gm 2.93 11 -0.1
Winning Margin 2.43 2 0.2
Losing Margin -2.14 10 0.1
Avg Spread -0.60 7 -0.6
Avg Total 6.15 5 0.2
Cover % 45.63 30 -4.4
Over % 45.63 25 -2.2

Rickard’s Notable Teammates

  1. Jake Guentzel (PIT) has stayed under his shots-on-goal prop in 6 of his last 8 games. BestOdds is projecting about a 1.25% edge on the Under. Current best odds: U 3.5 (-125) are at MGM
  2. Reilly Smith (PIT) has stayed under his assists prop in 16 of his last 21 games. BestOdds is projecting about a 1.89% edge on the Under. Current best odds: U 0.5 (-233) are at DraftKings
  3. Kris Letang (PIT) has stayed under his assists prop in 11 of his last 14 games. BestOdds is projecting about a 7.55% edge on the Under. Current best odds: U 0.5 (-175) are at MGM
  4. Sidney Crosby (PIT) has stayed under his assists prop in 4 of his last 5 games. BestOdds is projecting about a 8.38% edge on the Under. Current best odds: U 0.5 (-118) are at MGM
  5. Kris Letang (PIT) has stayed under his points prop in 9 of his last 12 games. BestOdds is projecting about a 11.36% edge on the Under. Current best odds: U 0.5 (-130) are at DraftKings

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