8-5 yesterday, 127-93-8 in December and 273-221-22 overall
Islanders have scored first in 11 of 13 games while Buffalo has given up the first period goal in 5 straight.
NYI to score first -130
Islanders Over 2.5 (-135) , Islanders -135 ML
Caps Over 2.5 (-155), Caps FT -135
Florida Over 2.5 (-145)
Avs +1.5 (-115)
Sharks -160 ML, Sharks Over 2.5 (-140)
Leafs -140 ML
Calgary -120 FT , Calgary Over 2.5 (-160)
Leans: Kings/Stars Over 5.5 , Florida FT, Carolina ML, Devils Over 2.5 , Wild +130 ML, Blue Jackets ML
Tampa is 1-7 last 8 on road, 1-7 last 8 on no rest and 1-5 last 6 vs. Washington/Tampa Over is 6-1 last 7 meets in Washington. Home team 17-5 last 23 games.
Penguins with 11 power play goals in past 7 games but Penguins defense is not looking so good right now.
Sabres 5-2 last 7 in NYI but 19-56 last 75 on no rest. Under 5-1 last 6 meetings. NYI is 2-12 last 14 vs. Atlantic and Over 6-1 last 7 games at home. Islanders play well vs. bad teams they are 11-5 last 16 vs. teams with winning % below .400 and 35-17 last 53 home games vs. teams with winning % below .400
Red Wings 2-5 last 7 on 2 days rest. 2-6 last 8 meetings vs. Florida. 3-14 last 17 vs. Atlantic. Florida is 6-2 last 8 games on no rest. Florida is the better team but hopefully they show up here, Florida has been on and off big time.
Avs have lost 6 straight games when allowing 1 goal , Chicago has allowed 2 or less in 6 of 9 games. Avs 25-58 last 83 games on no days rest. Avs 5-2 last 7 in Chicago but Chicago is 4-0 past 4 meetings. Chicago with Crawford in there tonight but they have injuries. This seems too easy so I went with the Avs +1.5 just because the return is still decent. Chicago might slaughter Avs in this one so maybe not a good bet.
Canucks 1-6 last 7 in 4th game of a 4-in-6 situation. 1-4 last 5 in Calgary. Markstrom going for Vancouver in this one vs. Elliot. Flames are 6-0 last 6 vs. teams with losing records. 5-1 last 6 divisional games 4-0 last 4 on 2 days rest.
Leafs with Anderson in there again so I like Leafs ML even though Leafs are bad on no rest and also 1-5 last 6 vs. Arizona and 0-5 last 5 meetings overall. Coyotes 2-9 last 11 on 1 days rest, Smith 7-1-2 with a 2.23 GAA in his career vs. Leafs. Under 4-1 last 5 meetings.
Oilers 2-6 last 8 in San Jose and 9-23 last 32 meetings. Over 6-1 last 7 meetings in San Jose. Sharks have been clicking , they are getting scoring from their stars while Oilers are have been heating up a bit but their stars aren't doing so much lately. Oilers if they play a good game can compete with a lot of teams but I have to go against them here as Sharks have been good at home and good vs. Oilers.
Hard to bet against Blue Jackets right now that team is straight $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ but that never lasts and this might be a good spot for Montreal to come out with the win BUT it will be hard to do without Price in net so I would still lean CBJ big time in this matchup UNLESS thy some how don't show up but that hasn't been the case with this team so far except for that win in Vancouver where the team basically half-a$$ed the second half of the game.