Vegas Golden Knights at New York Islanders odds, picks and predictions
The Vegas Golden Knights (27-14-6) visit the New York Islanders (20-15-11) on Tuesday night. The opening puck drop at UBS Arena on Long Island is slated for 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's lines around the Golden Knights vs. Islandersodds, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
Vegas coughed up a late-2nd 5-3 lead in an eventual 6-5 overtime loss at the New Jersey Devils Tuesday. The Knights, now 0-6-1 on the road since Dec. 19, are playing the 2nd contest of a 4-game eastern swing.
The Islanders also played an overtime game in their last outing, beating the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Sunday. That win snapped a 4-game losing skid (0-3-1) for New York.
The Knights beat the Islanders 5-2 in Vegas on Jan. 6.
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Golden Knights at Islanders odds
BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:33 a.m. ET.
Golden Knights at Islanders projected goalies
Adin Hill (10-2-2, 1.93 GAA, .933 SV%) vs. Ilya Sorokin (14-11-9, 3.17 GAA, .910 SV%)
Hill was the Knights' top man through mid-December. He has been out since Dec. 17 with an undisclosed injury.
Sorokin made 40 stops Sunday in bringing an end to a personal 4-game losing streak (0-3-1). The 28-year-old Russian owns a .917 SV% across his last 5 games. He allowed 5 goals on 30 shots faced in the 1st meeting with Vegas.
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Golden Knights at Islanders picks and predictions
Prediction
Islanders 4, Golden Knights 3
Vegas was a slight fade Monday at New Jersey. On 2 earlier trips East, the Knights logged plenty of disappointments, and last season around this time (Jan. 24-28) Vegas went 1-1-1 with just 4 goals scored across 3 road games at New Jersey, the New York Rangers and New York Islanders.
But the Isles have not generated much offense or many quality scoring chances over recent games. Still, New York is 8-2-1 over its last 9 home games. The ISLANDERS -145 are worth a partial-unit play.
The Over is a good value here. The Islander-minus-cushion, and the plus money that play brings in return, are tempting, but in the end and with the juice, not worth the investment. AVOID.
The Over has cashed in 4 of the Islanders' last 5 home games and in 3 of the last 4 games between these clubs.
The Knights have scored 17 goals over their last 4 games. For the season, they are allowing 2.72 goals per game, but they've yielded 3.00 GPG when playing on zero days' rest.
The year-to-date goals-vs.-expected numbers for each side point to a bit more scoring all the way around, both with goals for and against.
