Rangers vs Islanders: prediction for the NHL game
On December 23, Rangers will host the Islanders for the NHL clash. The Islanders have won the previous head-to-head match. Will the Cops get their revenge? The answer is in our prediction.

Command Analysis

New York Rangers

Rangers are climbing up in the Eastern conference standings, they are currently at the 7th position in the standings. Team put up a winning streak of seven games, a first one in the current season. Cops secured away victories over Philadelphia (6:3) and Chicago (7:1), but in the most recent match team lost to Pittsburgh (2:3).
Gerard Gallant's team is quite successful on defense and rarely allow more than two goals in a game. Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad are in a great form, they currently have 40 and 37 points respectively.

New York Islanders

Islanders are close to their cross-town rivals in the standings, they sit 8th in the standings. Team had a string of poor results, losing four of five latest matches. But the Islanders managed to beat the leader of the Eastern conference, Vegas (5:2), but in the following match suffered a shootout defeat to Colorado (0:1).
Lane Lambert's team is going through a tough string of away matches, so poor results are not a surprise. Club prefers offensive style of play, usually scoring three goals per game.
Trends
СтавкаRangers: total over 2.5 goals
Rangers managed to score more than two goals in three of four latest matches against the Islanders

Ставка3rd period: Rangers to win
This bet played in three of four latest matches of the hosts

Tip and bets
In our opinion, Rangers should be able to beat the Islanders. Visitors suffered defeats in the majority of their recent matches, while the Rangers are quite successful at home.
Our prediction - Rangers to win the match
Latest matches of the Rangers were high-scoring. Islanders also score around three goals per game. We offer to place a bet on total over.
Our second bet is on total over 5.5 goals