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Islanders vs. Carolina: NHL Match Prediction
Carolina will arrive in New York after a short rest and will try to beat the Islanders on the ice of the local UBS Arena on January 26. For the hosts, the meeting against the Hurricanes will be the second in two days, so they will have significantly less strength. This season, the teams have already managed to exchange victories on home courts, while the Islanders did not have a single chance on the road. Will Patrick Roy charges be able to punish the Canes again and improve their position in the conference table? Read about this in our prediction for the confrontation
Command Analysis
New York Islanders
USACurrent form
The Islanders are trying to climb out of the conference standings basement and the orange have a few games in hand to do so. New York is in 15th place with 47 points after 47 games. At the beginning of the year, Patrick Roy men improved their results and celebrated success in six games out of eight. They had a strong last road trip, but began the series at UBS Arena with losses to Ottawa (0:2) and Philadelphia (3:5). Anders Lee team was able to recover and, after some lackluster performances, dealt with San Jose and Columbus (3:1), and in the last match they were stronger than Philadelphia (3:1). New York remains the lowest scoring team in the conference. The Islanders still look rather lackluster in attack. In the last eight games, they have only scored 21 accurate shots, although in the last four games they managed to score 13 goals. The club leading scorer is only on the 78th line in the league overall list. Anders Lee, as captain, makes a big contribution to the result and 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. In the match against the Flyers, the Russian was quite good and stopped 29 of 30 shots on his own territory. This season, he lacks consistency, as the goalie has only made two shutouts in 33 starts.
Disqualifications and injuries
Noah Dobson and Mike Riley will not be able to participate in the upcoming meeting. The participation of Semyon Varlamov and Hudson Fasching 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.
Carolina Hurricanes
USACurrent form
Carolina has risen to second place in the conference standings and intends to continue the chase for Washington, which leads the Metropolitan Division. Rod Brind'Amour team has won six of the previous eight games and often played well on its half of the ice. In mid-January, the club from Raleigh unexpectedly lost to Anaheim (2:3, OT), and then failed to cope with Buffalo (2:4) in the suburbs of New York. After returning home, the Hurricanes won against Vegas (3:2), and on the road they split with Chicago (4:3, OT) and Dallas (2:1). Before the game against the Islanders, Jordan Staal squad crushed Columbus in Raleigh (7:4), although they were down by two goals after 20 minutes of the match.
Frederik Andersen has finally recovered from his injury and played in two games. So far, the goalie has only a 91.22% save percentage, but the hosts have won both games with him and have gradually begun to improve their defense. Carolina has conceded no more than two goals per game in four of its seven games, while the Canes have been hit 16 times in their previous seven games.
Martin Necas remains one of the NHL leading scorers, but he has left the top ten. The Czech forward has 55 points (16+39) and is six points ahead of Sebastian Aho (15+34), who hasn't scored much yet. The rest of the Hurricanes' players aren't looking as good and can't compete with the club leaders yet.
Disqualifications and injuries
William Carrier, Tyson Jost and Jesper Fast will not take part in the upcoming fight due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- Carolina averages 32 shots on goal
The Hurricanes play a powerful attack and spend a lot of time in the offensive zone, taking a lot of shots on the opponent goal.
- According to statistics, hurricanes carry out 19 forceful receptions
Carolina doesn't play tough, so you rarely see a lot of power in her performance.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
Four of Carolina last six games have seen fewer than two goals scored in the first period.
1.93Bet 2nd period: Carolina will score
The Canes have scored in the second period in their last four games.
1.38Tip and bets
Carolina has won four games in a row, but during the season the Hurricanes have often lost points in seemingly easy games. The Hurricanes often do not show their best hockey in attack and even in the last match they only showed a powerful segment for ten minutes of the second period, although in two other 20-minute periods they scored only one goal, which was not thrown into an empty net. The Islanders can take a hit and at home they always put up resistance. The Islanders were able to beat the team from Raleigh at UBS Arena in early December and now New York should not be routed. We suggest betting on a victory for the hosts with a small positive handicap.
Our prediction is Islanders win with Asian handicap (+1) for 1.75
Bet on individual total
Carolina hasn't scored more than three times in a game in six of seven games and simply took advantage of Columbus' mistakes, scoring five goals in ten minutes last game. The Isles have a lot of defense to play and mostly score points thanks to reliable actions on their half of the ice. We believe in Patrick Roy charges and don't expect more than three accurate shots from the visitors.
Prediction - Carolina individual total under 3.5 goals for 1.60
Bet on total
New York will try to drag Carolina into their sticky hockey, which often turns out to be quite boring. The hosts have improved their defense after returning home, but the Canes are capable of playing reliably themselves. The first two meetings were quite productive, but now we expect a low-scoring nature of the match. Let play a bet on the total under goals.
Betting Tip - total under six goals for 1.67
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