Detroit Red Wings (28-24-9) vs. New York Islanders (31-25-8)
March 4, 2023 12:30 pm EDT
The Line: New York Islanders -215 / Detroit Red Wings +160; Over/Under: +5.5
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The Detroit Red Wings and the New York Islanders meet in NHL action from the UBS Arena on Saturday afternoon. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
The Islanders are listed as -215 home favorites while the Red Wings are +160 road underdogs. The total for this game is set at 5.5 goals.
Injuries
For Detroit, Ville Husso is out for this game with an undisclosed injury and Jordan Oesterle is questionable with an undisclosed injury of his own. Michael Rasmussen is out for the season with a lower body injury. For the Islanders, Mathew Barzal and J-G Pageau both remain out indefinitely while Oliver Wahlstrom’s out for the season with a lower body injury.
Matchup History
New York’s 2-0 win back on January 27th, 2023, made it seven straight wins for the home team in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
Detroit is 0-4 in their last 4 games overall and 37-94 in their last 131 road games while the over is 5-1-1 in their last 7 road games. New York is 55-27 in their last 82 games against a team with a losing record and 4-9 in their last 13 games against the Eastern Conference while the under is 4-0-1 in their last 5 games overall.
Pick
I’m backing the Islanders here. Detroit’s back to struggling and looking like the Red Wings that we’ve been used to fading in years past and I don’t know when they’re going to snap out of it, especially with a solid Islanders team on the other side. I think New York’s feeling it right now and is starting to turn up the heat and as such, I’ll back New York at home here.
