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San Jose Islanders: NHL match betting tip
The Islanders will begin their road trip in California and play against the local Sharks on March 9. San Jose has long since lost any motivation for the rest of the regular season and is simply playing out another disastrous season. New York can still compete for the playoffs, but for this, Patrick Roy's team needs to win more often. In January, Islay easily beat their opponent at home. Will it be possible to repeat this achievement? Find out from our betting tip for the game
Command Analysis
San Jose Sharks
USACurrent form
San Jose has long lost the motivation to continue fighting for the playoffs and is hopelessly closing the Western Conference table. The team from the state of California looks pretty weak throughout the regular season and has only 43 points in its piggy bank after 64 matches. Ryan Warfowski's players only occasionally give out good stretches, and now is one of them. At the beginning of the month, the Sharks won in Toronto (3-2, B) and Buffalo (6-2), but before returning to California, the Sharks were defeated in Denver (3-7) by local Colorado.
Mario Ferraro's squad is playing well in attack at this stage of the regular season. In the last five games, San Jose scored 17 goals during regular time, which is a decent indicator. After Mikael Granlund's departure, William Eklund became the club's top scorer. The Swedish forward has scored 48 goals this season (14+34).
Disqualifications and injuries
Logan Couture will not play against the Islanders.
Interesting betting trends
- San Jose throws 27 times per game on average
- Sharks earn 8.13 penalty minutes per game
New York Islanders
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The Islanders continue to struggle to get into the final part of the season, but so far they occupy only 13th place in the East. The New York team scored 63 points in 61 games and is only four points behind Ottawa in eighth place. Patrick Roy's team had an extremely unsuccessful stretch in early February, but after a pause, the islanders began to slowly recover. The guests currently have three wins in four matches. In March, they managed to defeat Nashville (7-4) at home and beat Winnipeg (3-2), but they lost in the Rangers derby (0-4).
The Isles are doing well in the other half of the court at this stage of the season, but they don't always have enough stability. On average, Anders Lee's squad differs only 2.75 times per match, but in the last eight games it scored 22 goals. Bo Horvath (20+23) shares the status of the team's offensive leader with its captain (23+20). Both forwards scored 43 points each and are among the top 100 strikers in the league.
Disqualifications and injuries
Semyon Varlamov, Matt Martin and Matthew Barzal will not help their partners in California.
Interesting betting trends
- Islanders Block 15 shots per game
- New York wins 54.9% of face-offs
Trends
Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In three of the last four games with the Sharks, the first period was not productive.
1.95Bet 2nd period: New York will score
The Islanders scored in the second period in three out of four games.
1.37Tip and bets
The Islanders are in good shape and have recently lost only twice to the Rangers in the derby. The guests have motivation, because they may well reach the final part of the season. San Jose has been playing for a long time without much zeal for victory, although, of course, the hosts want to win every match. The sharks are clearly inferior to their opponent in the selection of players and are unlikely to be able to take away points from the islanders who have gained momentum. We think that New York will be able to tune into the meeting properly and will win in the main time. We offer a bet on winning the second one.
Our betting tip is for the Islanders to win in 1.92
Betting on an individual total
The Islanders remain the least impressive team in the conference, but the visitors have recently stepped up in attack. New York must cope with the weak defense of San Jose, which concedes 3.77 goals on average. Sharks constantly make mistakes on their half of the ice, so we expect at least three or four accurate hits from the islanders.
Betting Tip - Islanders' individual total is more than three goals in 1.73
Bet on the total
The teams are playing quite effectively with each other and have consistently scored at least five goals between them since 2022. The Islanders are looking good up front right now, but the Sharks have something to respond to their opponent. The sharks try to throw as much as possible and please their stands. We believe that the teams will make at least six accurate shots in this match.
Betting Tip - total more than 5.5 goals in 1.75
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