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New Jersey vs. Islanders: NHL Match Prediction
On October 26, as part of the NHL championship, we will see a meeting between New Jersey and the Islanders. In this confrontation, the home team is a slight favorite, but, of course, anything can happen. In addition, the Devils are currently on a three-game losing streak and are clearly not in the best mood. The Islanders have been alternating victories with unsuccessful matches lately. What bet should you place on this event? You will find out from our forecast
Command Analysis
New Jersey Devils
USACurrent form
New Jersey is in third place in the Eastern Conference and has 11 points. The team was the leader of the standings not so long ago, but now the main thing for them is not to end up outside the top eight in the near future, because they have started to lose a lot of points. Their losing streak began with the match against Washington (5:6 OT), and after that they also lost to Tampa (5:8) and failed to cope with Detroit on the road - 3:5. At the same time, in the three previous meetings, at least five pucks ended up in their net. Of course, Sheldon Keefe team has always been more focused on attack, but before that they had enough resources to keep up with defense, and now, apparently, the Devils have returned to the hit-and-run style.
However, in terms of the number of goals scored and efficiency, the club is currently the best in the league. Timo Meier and Nico Hischier have already managed to earn ten points each in the goal+pass system, and Jesper Bratt is also very close to them. We emphasize that the "devils" continue to demonstrate a decent game in the majority and have a 29.7% implementation of the extra man, and in the 4x5 format they also play well and neutralize on average every fourth or fifth attempt of the opponent. All that the coaching staff needs to decide in the shortest possible time is how to play defense, because this will cause the team to suffer throughout the season.
Disqualifications and injuries
There are no injured or disqualified players on the team.
Interesting trends for betting
- According to statistics, the team takes at least 31 shots per match
New Jersey is one of the most shooting teams in the league right now.
- The Devils are making at least 25 hits per game.
The team manages to play power hockey and actively uses techniques in its own zone
New York Islanders
USACurrent form
The Islanders are still struggling to recover and are in one of the last places in the Eastern Conference. The team has earned only six points so far, but has already played six games. At best, they alternate victories with defeats, but they can’t even win two games in a row. Note that they previously failed to cope with St. Louis (0:1 OT), dealt with Montreal (4:3 SO) and lost to Detroit again with a score of 0:1. It’s incredible that the Islanders have not scored a single goal in three games. Dobson, Lee, Pageau, Nelson and Palmieri are clearly not enough to achieve results and good performance in each game, since the club has had problems creating and converting chances from season to season.
It is quite possible that if the team continues to go on like this, Patrick Roy will resign and another specialist will be found in his place who will be able to improve the game in attack. It is not at all surprising that the club is now one of the worst in the league in the game in the majority, having only 10.5% of the power play. Naturally, Roy team pays a lot of attention to defense, but having missed literally a couple of pucks, they can do nothing in response. Fortunately, Varlamov and Sorokin cope well with their duties and make a large number of saves in each match, otherwise the Islanders would be in really bad shape.
Disqualifications and injuries
Duckler will not take part in the match due to injury.
Interesting trends for betting
- Statistically, the Islanders allow no more than 25 shots on goal.
The Islanders manage to block opponents' shots and are able to deflect threats from their goal
- The Islanders are 2-3 in goals scored and conceded in the second period.
The Islanders are one of the worst scoring teams in the league when it comes to second period play.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In the last three matches involving the home team, the first period was productive
1.75Bet 3rd period: both teams to score
In three out of five matches involving the home team, both teams scored in the third period
2.15Tip and bets
In our opinion, the Islanders can still claim a favorable outcome for themselves in the upcoming match. The Islanders are an inconvenient opponent for the Devils, since they have a very closed style of play and rarely concede. The Devils concede a lot and will not be able to do anything about it, and the visitors will finally find their moments and take advantage of them. By the way, the three previous meetings between the clubs also ended in favor of the Islanders. Based on this, we suggest betting on their success again.
Prediction - Islanders win with handicap (0) for 2.25
Bet on individual total
The Islanders have allowed no more than three goals in all five of their previous meetings. New Jersey has certainly been showing great scoring lately, but they were playing against a different type of opponent. It is noteworthy that in none of their previous three face-to-face encounters have the Devils opened up their opponents’ defense more than twice. We don’t think they will be able to score four goals this time either.
We bet on the individual total of New Jersey under 3.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.60
Total Bet
Previous encounters involving the Islanders have not been particularly productive, often ending with fewer than seven goals. Also, none of the last four meetings between the clubs have ended with seven or more goals scored. It is likely that this match will be under the control of Patrick Roy team, so we would not expect a hail of goals in this confrontation.
We take the total under 6.5 pucks with a coefficient of 1.55
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