Islanders vs Rangers Odds, Pick & Prediction (Nov 8)

The Islanders are trying to put last year's disappointing season in the rearview mirror and are going 9-4 against the spread in early going. Mathew Barzal is tied for the team lead in points.

The New York Rangers have a record of 6-4-3 and have won only three of eight home games this season. They lost to the Red Wings and Bruins, who were home favorites in both games. Igor Shesterkin is expected to be in goal for the Rangers in this one after Jaroslav Halak was in net for their first meeting. Sheerkin has a terrible record against the cross city rivals, going just 1-6-1 against Islanders so far in his career.

Shesterkin has a 3.03 goals against average and .889 save percentage against the Islanders.

Islanders and Rangers meet on November 8. The over/under total is 6 goals. Rangers have won 7 of the last 10 meetings with Islanders. Rangers are providing the third-best return on investment of any team in the league at 27.08% when you pick them to go under the total this year.