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Islanders vs. Philadelphia: NHL Match Prediction
On January 17, the Islanders and Philadelphia will cross sticks in New York. This season, the opponents have not yet met each other, although they are in the same division. The Flyers have played well in recent games and have scored five points in three previous starts. As for the hosts, they played well on the road, but after returning home, they were unable to score against Ottawa. What will the face-to-face match be like? We tell you about this in the prediction for the confrontation
Command Analysis
New York Islanders
USACurrent form
The Islanders are gradually returning to the fight for a playoff spot, but are still in the basement of the Eastern Conference standings. New York is in 15th place with 41 points after 43 games. With the onset of winter, the Islanders improved their game quality a little and earned a little more than half of the points in games this winter. After a series of defeats towards the end of 2024, Patrick Roy men went on an away tour and showed themselves well on the road. They beat Boston (5:4, OT), Vegas (4:0), and before returning to the ice at UBS Arena, they achieved success in Salt Lake (2:1). The Isles were unable to beat the Ottawa goalie and lost to Ottawa dry (0:2), making only 24 shots on goal against the Sens.
New York has regained its status as the conference lowest scoring team. The Islanders still look rather lackluster in attack. In the last five games, they have only made 11 accurate shots, although in the last four games they have managed to score ten goals. The club leading scorer is only on the 62nd line in the league overall list. Anders Lee, as captain, makes a big contribution to the result and has made 35 effective actions (19+16).
Semyon Varlamov is still in the visitors' infirmary, but Ilya Sorokin also recently fell ill and did not take part in the last match. In the last game, Marcus Hogberg was in goal, reflecting 25 shots from Ottawa, but this did not help the hosts win. Now the Swedish goalie has 95.28% of reflected attacks, which is quite a good indicator.
Disqualifications and injuries
Hudson Fasching and Mike Riley will not be able to take part in the upcoming meeting. Simon Hallstrom and Jean-Gabriel Pageau are in doubt.
Interesting trends for betting
- The Islanders are winning 55.2% of their faceoffs.
The Islanders are good at this metric and take most of the faceoffs.
- The hosts earn only 5.30 minutes of penalty time per match
New York takes very few penalties and plays with extreme discipline.
Philadelphia Flyers
USACurrent form
Philadelphia currently occupies the 12th place in the Eastern Conference and has managed to score only 44 points. The team from Pennsylvania failed the second half of December and has only two victories at the end of the calendar year. In this period of the season, Sean Couturier team has played four matches on the home court and began with losses to Toronto (2:3) and Dallas (1:4). The Flyers did not give up and confidently beat Anaheim (6:0), and then won a comeback victory over Florida (4:3). The Flyers started their away tour with a misfire in Ohio (2:3, B), although they were very close to a positive result. They led twice during the meeting, but were unable to finish off their opponent.
Philadelphia has been rather modest in attack in January and has not scored more than two goals per game in five out of seven games. Travis Konecny remains the leader of Philly attack with 50 points (20+30) in the goal+pass system. Another player who is among the league top 100 scorers is Matvey Michkov. The young forward has made 30 effective actions (13+18) in his first season in the league.
Samuel Ersson returned to action after another injury and was absent in two of three games. Ivan Fedotov was back in the starting lineup last game and looked good at the last line of defense, but it didn't help the visitors win. The Russian has blocked only 87.88% of shots this season and has yet to leave the ice without conceding a goal.
Disqualifications and injuries
Ryan Ellis and Nicolas Deslariers will not play in the next match.
Interesting trends for betting
- Philadelphia gets 8.20 penalty minutes
Typically a team is sent off at least four or five times per match.
- Philadelphia has a 78.5% power play neutralization rate.
According to this indicator, the club currently occupies 20th place in the league.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In six of the Islanders' seven games, the first period was scoreless.
1.90Bet 2nd period: Islanders to score
The Isles have scored in the second period in four of their last six games.
1.45Tip and bets
Islanders quickly deflated after a winning streak on the road and again did not show a good game in attack. The Islanders failed to open the gates of Ottawa and made only 24 shots in the last game Philadelphia finished the home series on a positive note and was very close to success in Ohio, losing only in a shootout. Patrick Roy men have only two victories in six previous meetings in New York, so the visitors have an excellent chance of getting two points in the upcoming confrontation. We suggest betting on the visitors with a zero handicap.
Our prediction is Philadelphia victory with an Asian handicap (0) for 2.13
Bet on individual total
The Islanders remain the lowest scoring team in the East, allowing only 2.65 goals per game. Yes, the Islanders looked good on the road, but after returning home they were unable to beat Ottawa. Philadelphia rarely plays well on defense, but the Flyers are quite capable of holding off their opponents on their own court. We don’t even believe in three accurate shots from the hosts.
Prediction - Islanders individual total under three goals for 1.75
Bet on total
New York plays with a constant eye on its goal and tries to concede as little as possible. Matches involving Anders Lee squad are rarely productive and delight with a large number of goals. Philadelphia often adapts to its opponents and is unlikely to attack from the first seconds in a match against the Islanders. We bet on the total under.
Betting Tip - total under six goals for 1.65
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