Islanders at Wild Prediction
The New York Islanders will play the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Islanders Preview
The New York Islanders are 31-25-7 this season after they defeated the Winnipeg Jets by a score of 4-0 in their last game. New York out shot Winnipeg by a total of 24-23 and won 53.1% of the faceoffs in the game. The New York Islanders are averaging 2.90 goals per game, 2.70 goals against per game, 16.9% on the power play, and 82.4% on the penalty kill. Brock Nelson has led the Islanders this season with 27 goals, 33 assists, and 184 shots on goal. The projected starting goalie for New York is Ilya Sorokin, who is 20-18-5 this season with a 2.41 goals against average and a .925 save percentage.
Wild Preview
The Minnesota Wild are 33-21-6 this season after they defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in overtime by a score of 3-2 in their last game. Minnesota out shot Columbus by a total of 44-24 and went 1-2 on the power play in the game. The Minnesota Wild are averaging 2.82 goals per game, 2.72 goals against per game, 23.7% on the power play, and 82.3% on the penalty kill. Kirill Kaprizov has led the Wild with 37 goals, 34 assists, and 227 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Minnesota is Filip Gustavsson, who is 15-8-3 this season with a 2.11 goals against average and a .928 save percentage.
Trends
New York is 4-10 in their last 14 road games and 3-9 in their last 12 games against the Central. The under is 3-0-1 in New York’s last 4 games. Minnesota is 5-1 in their last 6 games and 72-30 in their last 102 home games. The under is 24-8-2 in Minnesota’s last 34 games. The road team is 4-1 in these two teams last 5 head to head meetings.
Pick
Both of these teams have played well in recent games and we should be in for a great game here. New York has won three of their last four games, while Minnesota has won four of their last five games. Both teams are very good on defense, but neither is a very high scoring team. I think we are going to see another low scoring game and I like the under in this matchup.
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