The New York Islanders and the Tampa Bay Lightning meet in NHL action from the Amalie Arena on Saturday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Tampa Bay is listed as a -155 home favorite while the Islanders are +135 road underdogs. The total for this game is set at 6 goals.
Injuries
For the Islanders, Sebastian Aho is out indefinitely with an upper body injury while Tampa Bay hasn’t added any new injuries to their list coming into this game.
Matchup History
Tampa Bay’s 5-3 win over the Islanders back on October 22nd, 2022, made it five straight wins for the Lightning in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
New York is 8-17 in their last 25 games against the Atlantic division and 5-2 in their last 7 games overall while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record. Tampa Bay is 3-8 in their last 11 games against a team with a winning record and 40-16 in their last 56 home games while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall.
Pick
I’m backing the under here. This is a game between two teams with two of the best goaltenders in the league right now in Andrei Vasilevskiy for Tampa and Ilya Sorokin for the Islanders and I honestly feel like they’re going to steal the show here. I look for this to be a first to 3 wins kind of game so give me the under here.