N.Y. Islanders  vs. Seattle Kraken Prediction, Preview, and Odds – 11-16-2023

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The New York Islanders (5-6-3, 13 points, 7th Metro) play the third game of a four-game West Coast road swing on Thursday when visiting the Seattle Kraken (5-8-3, 13 points, 5th Pacific). New York lost the first game of its road trip when falling to the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 and will play the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday prior to Seattle on Thursday. Seattle was defeated by the Colorado Avalanche 5-1 on Monday and will play the Edmonton Oilers Wednesday before returning home to host the Islanders Thursday. The New York Islanders do not have any players on their injury report, while Seattle will play without LW Andre Burakovsky and RW Jordan Eberle is questionable.

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The New York Islanders must find a way to put the puck in the net more often as they are averaging only 2.36 goals per game, which is 30th in the NHL. New York is averaging 31.3 shots per game which is 14th best and the power play is scoring 15.8% of the time which is 24th. New York wins 52.1% of its faceoffs, which is 9th in the NHL. Brock Nelson is the leading goal scorer for New York with 6 and two others have scored four goals each. Noah Dobson is the leader in assists with eight, while Bo Horvat and Mathew Barzal each have seven assists. Dobson is the points leader with 12 and Horvat is second with 11.

 

New York is average in goals against at 3.14 per game which is 16th and the Islanders are allowing 34.4 shots per game which is 30th. New York's penalty kill unit is 25th, holding opponents scoreless 73.9% of the time the Islanders are short-handed. Goalie Ilya Sorokin is 3-3-3 with a 3.21 goals against average, .907 save percentage and has one shutout. The Islanders have lost each of the last four games Sorokin has been in goal.

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