New York Islanders (22-15-2) vs. Calgary Flames (18-14-7)
January 6, 2023 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Calgary Flames -147 / New York Islanders +118; Over/Under: +6
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The New York Islanders and the Calgary Flames meet in NHL action from the Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday night.
The New York Islanders will be coming into this one on the back-to-back after taking on the Oilers on Thursday. Heading into Thursday, Brock Nelson has 38 points with a team-high 15 goals and 23 assists while Mathew Barzal has a team-high 40 points with a team-high 30 assists and Anders Lee has 29 points with 14 goals and 15 assists. Ilya Sorokin has gone 14-12-1 with a 2.29 GAA and a .926 save percentage while Semyon Varlamov is 8-3-1 with a 2.65 GAA and a .919 save percentage so far this season.
The Calgary Flames will try to bounce back from a 3-2 loss to the Jets in their last matchup. Elias Lindholm leads the Flames in scoring with 35 points including 12 goals and 23 assists while Tyler Toffoli has 31 points with 15 goals and 16 assists and Jonathan Huberdeau has 25 points with 18 assists. Nazem Kadri also has 29 points split between 14 goals and 15 assists this season. Jacob Markstrom’s gone 12-10-4 with a 2.79 GAA and an .895 save percentage while Dan Vladar is 6-4-3 with a 2.83 GAA and a .905 save percentage between the pipes for Calgary this season.
New York is 7-1 in their last 8 games against the Pacific division and 5-1 in their last 6 games played on no rest while the over is 4-1-1 in their last 6 games played on no rest. Calgary is
I get the case to be made for either side here, but I’m going to back the under. The Flames have been playing a lot of low-scoring games lately, and that low-scoring and physical style is what we’ve come to expect from the Islanders for the most part in past years even though they’ve deviated from that a bit this season. I think this is shaping up to be a first to 3 wins kind of game, so give me the under.
