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Islanders vs. Philadelphia: NHL Match Prediction
The Islanders will host Philadelphia in New York on January 25 at their home UBS Arena. The Islanders had a weak start to the current series of games with the support of their home crowd, but they recovered and won the last two matches. The Flyers will be a bit tired after tough games against the Red Wings and Rangers. A week ago, the Flyers already beat Anders Lee team on the road. Will they do it again? Read about it in our betting tip
Command Analysis
New York Islanders
USACurrent form
The Islanders have not yet been able to get close to the top eight and are still in the basement of the Eastern Conference standings. New York is in 15th place with 45 points after 46 games. With the onset of winter, the Islanders have improved the quality of their game somewhat and have 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 the Sens (0:2), and a day later they lost heavily to Philadelphia (3:5). They managed to interrupt the losing streak only in the match against San Jose (4:1), and in the last game they were better than Columbus (3:1).
New York has regained its status as the conference lowest scoring team. The Islanders still look rather lackluster in attack. In the last eight games, they have only made 21 accurate shots, although in the last three games they have managed to score ten goals. The club leading scorer is only on the 73rd line in the league overall list. Anders Lee, as captain, makes a big contribution to the result and has made 36 effective actions (20+16).
Semyon Varlamov remains in the visitors' infirmary, but Ilya Sorokin also recently fell ill and returned to the ice only in the game against Philadelphia. The Russian was quite good in the match with the Blazers and stopped 25 of 26 shots on his own territory. This season, he lacks consistency, as the goalie has only made two shutouts in 32 starts.
Disqualifications and injuries
Noah Dobson, Maxim Tsyplakov and Mike Riley will not be able to participate in the upcoming meeting. The participation of Semyon Varlamov is questionable.
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 5.39 penalty minutes 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 50 points. The team from Pennsylvania failed the second half of December and won only two victories at the end of the calendar year. In this period of the season, Sean Couturier team played four games 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), but then confidently won against the Islanders in New York (5:3) and were better than New Jersey in Newark (3:1), and at home they were stronger than Detroit (2:1, OT). The current trip began for John Tortorella charges with a game in New York against the local Rangers (1:6).
Philadelphia has been playing well offensively in January, scoring more than two goals per game in four out of six games. Travis Konecny remains the leader of Philly offense with 55 points (21+34) in the goal+pass system. Another player who is among the league top 100 scorers is Matvey Michkov. The young forward has made 34 effective actions (14+20) in his first season in the league.
Samuel Ersson returned to action after another injury and was really good in only one game out of six. In the last three games, the Swede has allowed ten goals and this season he has a modest 89.11% save percentage. In 26 starts, the goalie has made two shutouts, but he is not infallible, so Ivan Fedotov and Alexei Kolosov will definitely have a chance to prove themselves.
Disqualifications and injuries
Scott Laughton, Ryan Pehling, Ryan Ellis and Nicolas Deslariers will not play in the next match.
Interesting trends for betting
- Philadelphia gets 8.11 penalty minutes
Typically a team is sent off at least four or five times per match.
- Philadelphia has an 80.3% power play neutralization rate
According to this indicator, the club currently occupies 20th place in the league.
Trends
Bet 3rd period: total over 1.5 goals
In five of Philadelphia six games, the third period was productive.
1.50Bet 2nd period: Philadelphia will score
The Flyers have scored in the second period in four of their last five games.
1.40Tip and bets
The Islanders have looked good in their last matches at home and after a lackluster start in New York, they have started to quickly pick up points. Anders Lee team intends to return to the playoff fight, but then they cannot afford to lose to clubs like Philadelphia. The Flyers recently celebrated success at UBS Arena, but now it will be much more difficult for John Tortorella men. They will play their third match in four days and will play without their main goalkeeper. We think that the hosts will still be able to achieve success in regulation time. We offer a bet on the first team to win within 60 minutes of the match.
Our prediction is Islanders win at 2.17
Bet on individual total
New York has scored at least three goals per game for three games in a row. Patrick Roy team has been great at taking advantage of its chances, although it remains one of the weakest in the league in this regard. Philadelphia rarely demonstrates reliability in defense, and now the Flyers will take to the ice without their main goalie, who will be resting after a loss to the Rangers. We think that the Islanders will easily score at least three times against the Flyers' backup goalie.
Prediction - Islanders individual total over 2.5 goals for 1.58
Bet on total
A week ago, the teams played an extremely productive match and scored eight times between them. New York slightly improved its attack indicators, and Philadelphia was consistently good in attack throughout January. In three out of four games, at least six goals were scored between the opponents. We think that the hockey players will not sit back in defense and will please hockey fans with at least six accurate shots. Let play a bet on the total over.
Betting Tip - total over 5.5 goals for 1.77
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