New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders Prediction, Pick and Preview, December 9 (12/9): NHL

New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders Prediction, Pick and Preview, December 9 (12/9): NHL

Odds

Time 7:00 p.m. EST
Devils money line -115
Devils spread -1.5 (+200)
Islanders  money line -105
Islanders spread +1.5 (-240)
Over / under 6.5

 

2022-2023 season stats

  New Jersey Devils New York Islanders
Record 7-4-2 11-2
Home / road record 5-1 6-1
Streak W3 W7
Goals per game 2.70 2.67
Goals allowed per game 3.00 2.44
Shots per game 31.5 26.0
Shots allowed per game 28.5 35.2
PP % 24.6% 19.10%
PK % 28.22% 10.80%
Over / under record 4-9 4-8-1
 

Preview

The New Jersey Devils return home and will host the New York Islanders on Tuesday night. These teams just faced each other last month in New York where the Islanders took the win 3-1. Nicolas Roy and Michael Amadio each scored their first of the season for the Islanders.

 

New Jersey Devils

The Devils have won 3 games in a row and are 5-1 at home this season ranking 3rd in the Atlantic division. In their last game, they beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 on the road. John Tavares scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period. Calle Jarnkrok and William Nylander also scored to help New Jersey win for the second time in seven road games. Erik Kallgren had 29 saves to get his first victory of the season.

John Tavares has 8 goals, 15 points and 7 assists for the Devils while Mitchell Marner is leading in assists with 12.

In their last 10 games New Jersey are 5-5, averaging 2.8 goals, 5.8 assists, 6.3 penalties and 21.2 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game

New York Islanders

The Islanders have also lost their last 3 games and are 2-2 at home so far this season ranking 7th in the Metropolitan Division. The Isles were 14-9-2 against division opponents and were last in the Eastern Conference shooting 28.8 shots per game.

Brock Nelson led the Islanders with 58 points, scoring 36 goals and adding 22 assists. Josh Bailey has four goals and three assists over the last 10 games for New York.

In their last 10 games the Isles were 4-6, averaging 2.7 goals, 3.8 assists, 4.3 penalties and 10.8 penalty minutes while giving up 3.5 goals per game with an .900 save percentage

 

BETTING TRENDS

The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Vegas' last 8 games.

Vegas are 7-0 SU in their last 7 games.

Vegas are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games against New Jersey.

Vegas are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games on the road.

The total has gone UNDER in 9 of New Jersey's last 12 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Jersey's last 5 games against Vegas.

The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New Jersey's last 7 games at home.

 

Prediction

The Devils have been playing great lately and just beat 3 of the best teams in the NHL like the Flyers, Bruins and Hurricanes but they lost earlier agasint the Islanders in New York. The Islanders are on a hot streak as they have won 7 games in a row but going against the Devils in New Jersey won't be easy as they have lost only 1 game at home. I expect a very close game and with both teams playing great defense I think the under is the play.

PICK: Under 6.5 (-110) 

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