Montreal Canadiens vs New York Islanders Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 20 (2/20): NHL

Montreal Canadiens vs New York Islanders Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 20 (2/20): NHL

Credit: photo by Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports

 
Odds
Time 2:00 p.m. EST
Canadiens money line +220
Canadiens spread +1.5 (-110)
Islanders money line -270
Islanders spread -1.5 (-110)
Over / under 5.5

 

2021-2022 season stats
  Montreal Canadiens New York Islanders
Record 9-33-7 18-20-6
Road / home record 3-16-6 10-10-3
Streak W1 W1
Goals per game 2.20 2.45
Goals allowed per game 2.45 2.73
Shots per game 29.5 28.9
Shots allowed per game 34.4 31.2
PP % 13.01% 18.58%
PK % 26.22% 17.76%
Over / under record 27-21-1 17-27

 

Preview

The Montreal Canadiens travel to New York to take on the New York Islanders on Sunday. These have met once this season and Islanders dominated the Habs and beat them 6-2 in Montreal.

MONTREAL CANADIENS

After losing 10 straight games the Canadiens surprisingly beat the Blues in overtime at home.  Cole Caufield forced overtime with 8.7 seconds left in regulation and then scored the winner in overtime.

The Canadiens are 4-20-2 in Eastern Conference play. Montreal scores 2.2 goals per game, the least in the Eastern Conference. Nicholas Suzuki leads the team with nine total goals. Jesse Ylonen leads the Canadiens with a plus-two in seven games this season. Mike Hoffman has 6 points over the last 10 games for Montreal.

In their last 10 games the Canadiens are 1-8-1 and arer averaging 2.3 goals, 4.1 assists, 4.4 penalties and 11.2 penalty minutes while giving up 4.8 goals per game with an .852 save percentage.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS 

The Isles are coming from a win against the Boston Bruins. Noah Dobson and Mathew Barzal each scored and had an assist. Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves, Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored, and the Islanders kicked off a two-game homestand with a victory after a disappointing four-game road trip (1-3-0). Brock Nelson also added an empty-net goal and an assist.

The Islanders are 11-12-2 in Eastern Conference games. New York is last in the Eastern Conference shooting 28.9 shots per game.

In their last 10 games the Islanders are 4-6-0 and are averaging 2.9 goals, 5.1 assists, 2.4 penalties and 5.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game with a .904 save percentage.

BETTING TRENDS

Montreal are 1-10 SU in their last 11 games.

Montreal are 1-12 SU in their last 13 games on the road.

NY Islanders are 3-6 SU in their last 9 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 11 of NY Islanders' last 13 games at home.

Prediction

These are two of the worst teams in the league but the Islanders will get to this game with confidence after their 4-1 win against the Bruins. With Canadiens allowing 4.8 gpg in their last 10 games I trust the Isles to score enough to cover the puck line.

PICK: Islanders -1.5 (-110)

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