The New York Islanders play the second half of a back to back on Sunday when visiting the Florida Panthers after playing the Tampa Bay Lightning on the road Saturday. New York is 2-2-0 with four points and fifth in the Metropolitan Division. The Islanders were defeated by the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Thursday. Anders Lee scored the Islanders only goal and Ilya Sorokin made 39 saves in the loss.
Oliver Wahlstrom is the leading goal scorer for New York with three, while Brock Nelson is the leader in assists with four and Anders Lee is the leader in points with five. In goal, Ilya Sorokin is 1-2-0 with a goals against average of 2.05 and save percentage of .935. New York scores an average of 3.50 goals per game and allows an average of 2.50 goals per game. New York's power play scores 8.3% of the time and its penalty-kill unit is successful 100% of the time.
Florida looks to bounce back from a loss when hosting the New York Islanders on Sunday. Florida is 3-1-1 with seven points and second in the Atlantic division one point behind first place Boston. Florida was defeated in overtime by the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Friday night. Matthew Tkachuk and Rudolfs Balcers each scored one goal for Florida in the loss.'
Matthew Tkachuk is leading Florida in goals scored with three, assists with five and points with eight. In goal, Sergei Bobrovsky is 2-1-1 with a goals against average of 2.79 and save percentage of .916. Florida scores an average of 3.20 goals per game and allows an average of 3.00 goals per game Florida's power play scores 8.7% of the time and its penalty-kill unit is successful 82.6% of the time.
Recent Betting Trends
- New York is 4-8 in its last 12
- The OVER has cashed in 7 of the Islanders last 10
- Florida is 14-4 in its last 19 at home
- The UNDER has cashed 4 of the Panthers last 6 versus an opponent from the Metropolitan division
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