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Philadelphia vs. Islanders: NHL Match Prediction
Philadelphia and the Islanders will play their third match in January on January 31. In the first two meetings, the teams exchanged victories in New York, and now they will play in Pennsylvania. The opponents are neighbors in the conference and division tables and so far cannot get close to the playoff zone. The winner of the upcoming confrontation will move to a clear 13th place and rush to chase the leaders. Who will get the important points? Read our betting tip for the game
Command Analysis
Philadelphia Flyers
USACurrent form
Philadelphia currently occupies the 13th place in the Eastern Conference and has managed to score only 52 points. The team from the state of Pennsylvania failed to start the year and won only seven times in January. In the second half of the month, the visitors started with a good series of games on the road, after which they beat Detroit on home ice (2:1, OT). Before returning to Pennsylvania, the Flyers lost in New York to the Rangers (1:6) and the Islanders (1:3), scoring only twice in 120 minutes. The Flyers were stronger than New Jersey with the support of their home crowd (4:2), but could not cope with the Devils in Newark (0:5). The Devils played poorly in attack and were unable to hit the opponent possessions in Newark.
Philadelphia has been playing poorly offensively in the second half of January, and has not scored more than one goal per game in four out of five games. Travis Konecny remains the leader of Philly offense with 58 points (21+37) 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 has been out of injury for quite some time now, but he was only really good in one of six games. Ivan Fedotov got his chance against the Isles and replaced the Swede in the last game against the Devils. The Russian has displaced Alexei Kolosov from the starting lineup, but he has a modest .881 save percentage this season and has not made a single shutout.
Disqualifications and injuries
Scott Laughton, Ryan Pehling, Ryan Ellis and Egor Zamula will not play in the next match.
Interesting trends for betting
- Philadelphia gets 7.98 penalty minutes
Typically a team is sent off at least four or five times per match.
- Philadelphia has a 77.4% power play neutralization rate.
According to this indicator, the club currently occupies 20th place in the league.
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 14th place with 51 points after 52 games. Patrick Roy team currently has five wins in a row and has won eight out of ten games this month. After an unsuccessful start to the home series, the Islanders have become more reliable and have beaten San Jose (4:1), Columbus (3:1), Philadelphia (3:1), Carolina (3:2, OT) and Colorado (5:2) in turn. The Isles sharply improved in the third period and scored four goals against the Avalanche, allowing only one goal into their own net. 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 22 accurate shots, although in the last five games they managed to score 17 goals. The club leading scorer is only on the 66th line in the league overall list. Anders Lee, as captain, makes a big contribution to the result and made 39 effective actions (22+17). Ilya Sorokin has played in his team last four games and helped his teammates win all of them. The Russian has been a regular on the ice since Semyon Varlamov was injured. Sorokin has two shutouts this season and has a 90.51% save percentage. It unlikely that he will lose his status as the starting goalie anytime soon.
Disqualifications and injuries
Marcus Hogberg, Ryan Pulock, Noah Dobson and Mike Riley are all out of the game, while Semyon Varlamov and Hudson Fasching have yet to confirm their status.
Interesting trends for betting
- The Islanders are winning 55.4% of their faceoffs.
The Islanders are good at this metric and take most of the faceoffs.
- The hosts earn only 5.33 penalty minutes per match.
New York takes very few penalties and plays with extreme discipline.
Trends
Bet 3rd period: total over 1.5 goals
In six of Philadelphia nine games, the third period was productive.
1.58Bet 2nd period: Philadelphia will score
The Flyers have scored in the second period in four of their last seven games.
1.53Tip and bets
The Islanders have been playing well in January and have won eight of their last ten games. New York has been playing very well at home and has beaten some strong teams on the road before that. Philadelphia has been playing poorly on the road and has often made mistakes in defense. The hosts have had big problems converting their chances this season and look much worse than their opponents on paper. We think Patrick Roy men will dominate on the court and will succeed in the match against the Flyers. We suggest taking the victory of the second team with a zero handicap.
Our prediction is Islanders win with Asian handicap (0) for 1.85
Bet on individual total
Philadelphia has scored no more than one goal in four of its last five games and has looked very weak in the lead. The team from Pennsylvania does not have many strong forwards and only two players are among the league top 100 scorers. The Islanders are good at playing defense and are unlikely to concede more than two goals.
Betting Tip - Philadelphia individual total under 2.5 goals for 1.92
Bet on total
In January, the teams played each other twice and one of the games was extremely productive. In general, the games between the opponents often turn out to be low-scoring and do not please with an abundance of goals scored. We think that the teams will not go forward from the first seconds and will try to play as reliably as possible on their half of the court.
Betting Tip - total under 5.5 goals for 1.88
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