New York Islanders vs Carolina Hurricanes 12/10/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Islanders meet in NHL action from the UBS Arena on Saturday night.

The Carolina Hurricanes will look to bounce back from a 4-3 OT loss to Anaheim last time out. Martin Necas has a team-high 28 points with 12 goals and a team-high 16 assists while Sebastian Aho also has 16 assists along with 11 goals as part of his 27 points. Andrei Svechnikov also has 25 points with a team-high 15 goals this season. Pyotr Kochetkov is 5-1-4 with a 2.44 GAA and a .914 save percentage while Antti Raanta is 4-2-2 with a 2.62 GAA and a .894 save percentage in goal for Carolina so far this season.

The New York Islanders will will be out to build on a 6-4 win over the Devils last time out. Mathew Barzal has 30 points with a team-high 27 assists while Brock Nelson has 28 points with a team-high 14 goals and 14 assists and Anders Lee has 21 points with 9 goals and 12 assists. Ilya Sorokin has gone 10-8 with a 2.33 GAA and a .933 save percentage while Semyon Varlamov is 7-3 with a 2.67 GAA and a .916 save percentage so far this season.

Carolina is 1-5 in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record and 4-1 in their last 5 games overall while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games against the Eastern Conference. New York is 7-1 in their last 8 games against the Eastern Conference and 7-3 in their last 10 home games while the over is 10-1 in their last 11 Saturday games.

I get the reasoning for looking at either side here, but I’m going to back the over here. These are two teams that have been trending to higher-scoring games in recent outings, and that’s in line with a lot of the recent head-to-head matchups as three of the last four meetings have gone over the total including the first meeting this season. Give me the over here.