The New York Rangers and the New York Islanders meet in NHL action from UBS Arena on Wednesday night.
The New York Rangers will look to rebound from a 3rd straight loss after a 3-2 shootout loss to the Colorado Avalanche in their last game. Artemi Panarin has a team-high 12 points with 4 goals and 8 assists while Mika Zibanejad has 8 points with 4 goals and 4 assists. Adam Fox has 7 points with 5 assists while Vincent Trocheck has 6 points with 4 assists of his own. Igor Shesterkin has gone 3-0-2 with a 2.75 GAA and a .916 save percentage while Jaroslav Halak is 0-2 with a 4.04 GAA and an .852 save percentage so far this season.
The New York Islanders will try to snap their own three-game losing skid after a 3-2 loss to Florida last time out. Andres Lee has 7 points with a team-high 4 goals and 3 assists while Brock Nelson and Mathew Barzal each have a team-high 6 assists. Noah Dobson has 5 points with a goal and 3 assists while Oliver Wahlstrom’s posted 4 points with 3 goals as well this season. Ilya Sorokin has gone 1-3 with a 2.84 GAA and a .908 save percentage while Semyon Varlamov is 1-1 with a 2.53 GAA and a .917 save percentage so far this season.
The Rangers are 3-7 in their last 10 games overall and 1-4 in their last 5 road games while the under is 7-0 in their last 7 games against the Eastern Conference. The Islanders are 4-10 in their last 14 games overall and 0-5 in their last 5 games against the Eastern Conference while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 division games.
I get the case to be made either way, but I’m looking at the under in this game. The Rangers will likely be tired after a war with the Colorado Avalanche on Monday, while the Islanders usually like to play a low-scoring style and these rivalry games between these two teams are usually low-scoring. I think this is a first to 3 wins kind of game, so give me the under here.