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The Philadelphia Flyers and New York Islanders meet Tuesday in NHL action at the UBS Arena. The Philadelphia Flyers look to snap a 12-game losing streak. The New York Islanders look for a win after winning six of their last eight games.
The Philadelphia Flyers are averaging 2.5 goals per game and are scoring on 15.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Cam Atkinson leads Philadelphia with 15 goals, Claude Giroux has 19 assists and Travis Konecny has 106 shots on goal. Defensively, the Philadelphia Flyers are allowing 3.3 goals per game and are killing 77.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Carter Hart has allowed 73 goals on 819 shots faced, and Martin Jones has allowed 52 goals on 532 shots.
The New York Islanders are averaging 2.4 goals per game and are scoring on 17.2 percent of their power play opportunities. Brock Nelson leads New York with 13 goals, Mathew Barzal has 17 assists and Oliver Wahlstrom has 85 shots on goal. Defensively, the New York Islanders are allowing 2.6 goals per game and are killing 82.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Ilya Sorokin has given up 51 goals on 713 shots faced, and Semyon Varlamov has allowed 31 goals on 359 shots.
The Flyers are 3-13 in their last 16 road games and 3-13 in their last 16 games playing on 0 days rest. The Islanders are 5-2 in their last 7 home games and 6-2 in their last 8 overall. The under is 5-2 in Flyers last 7 overall. The under is 7-1 in Islanders last 8 overall. The Flyers are 0-4 in the last 4 meetings in New York and 0-7 in the last 7 meetings.
The Philadelphia Flyers are unbackable given they’ve lost 12 straight games, and being on the end of a back to back doesn’t help matters. The New York Islanders are playing their best hockey of the season, and they’ve done some of their best recent work on their home ice. I can’t get behind the Flyers in their current form. I’ll lay the juice with the Islanders at home.