A Metropolitan division battle is set for Friday night when the Pittsburgh Penguins (63 points) visit the New York Islanders (61 points). Both teams are well out of the division race, but are in the thick of the Wild Card race. Below is my NHL best bet for Penguins vs Islanders.
Penguins vs Islanders Betting Pick
The Pick: Islanders Moneyline (-111) Recommended Sportsbook Promo: First Bet on Caesars up to $1,250 Promo Code: ATSBONUSFULL
This game will be played at UBS Arena at 7:00 p.m. ET on Friday, February 17, 2023.
New York is 4-1 in their last five home games against Pittsburgh.
The Penguins are 2-5 in their seven games overall against the Islanders.
Pittsburgh is 2-9 in their last 11 games against the Eastern Conference.
The Pick: Islanders Moneyline (-111)
Pittsburgh PenguinsVS
New York Islanders
PuckLine Consensus
+1.5/-275
5x - $50 Second Chance Bets
-1.5/+230
PIT
Team Records
NYI
27-17-9 Overall 27-23-7 1-1 Shootout 0-4 4-8 Overtime 4-3 15-6-4 Home 16-10-3 12-11-5 Road 11-13-4 12-8-9 EAS 15-12-5 15-9-0 WES 12-11-2 7-4-5 ATL 5-7-4 5-4-4 MET 10-5-1 8-1-0 CEN 4-7-2 7-8-0 PAC 8-4-0 9-4-9 ≤1 10-5-7 12-10-0 ≥3 13-11-0 4-4-1 Oct 5-4-0 7-4-3 Nov 10-5-0 8-3-2 Dec 6-5-2 5-5-3 Jan 4-8-3 3-1-0 Feb 2-1-2 0-0-0 Mar 0-0-0 0-0-0 Apr 0-0-0
PIT
Team Stats
NYI
171 Goals For 164 163 Goals Agst 154 3.49 PP For GM 2.86 .75 PP Goals GM .49 21.62 PP% 17.18 3.25 PP Agst GM 2.89 .62 PP Agst Goals GM .51 80.81 PK% 82.42 8.2 PIM GM 8.4 9.0 oPIM GM 8.2
C. DeSmith
S. Varlamov
26 GP 18 25 GS 18 10-11-4 W-L-T/O 10-6-2 78 Goals Allowed 47 3.21 GAA 2.64 836 Shots Against 567 .907 SV% .917 0 SO 1 11 Quality Starts 12 .440 QS% .667 5 Bad Starts 2 99 Goals All.% 88 0.72 Goals Sv Above Avg 6.39
Date
Opp
W/L
GA
SA
SV
SV%
5/3/22 Shesterkin W4-3 3 51 48 .941 4/29/22 Merzlikins W5-3 3 36 33 .917 4/26/22 Smith L1-5 4 41 37 .902 4/23/22 Nedeljkovic W7-2 2 25 23 .920 4/21/22 Swayman W4-0 0 52 52 1.000
Date
Opp
W/L
GA
SA
SV
SV%
4/28/22 Vanecek W5-1 1 27 26 .963 4/24/22 Kochetkov L2-5 3 32 29 .906 4/21/22 Georgiev L3-6 6 23 17 .739 4/9/22 Binnington L1-6 6 31 25 .806 4/5/22 Oettinger L2-3 3 40 37 .925
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