Islanders vs Colorado Prediction: We can expect a productive match

On October 30, UBS Arena will host the NHL regular season match between Islanders and Colorado, and we offer a prediction of it.

The Islanders have an unsuccessful start to the regular season for the second consecutive year. While last season there were some good reasons for that, as the Islanders were forced to have a long away series due to the construction of the new arena, now they are comfortably playing in their home walls but still lose points. In eight meetings, the New York team has four wins and four losses, which can hardly be considered a blowout, but at the moment they are only 14th in the Eastern Conference standings.

The reigning Stanley Cup champion also can't boast any impressive results so far. This season is a new test for Colorado, as the Denver team is now being attacked by every opponent in a different way, and there's also a growing number of injuries. First Gabriel Landeskog dropped out for quite a while and now the team lost Valeri Nichushkin, which lead to the team's losing to New Jersey 0-1 the day before. This setback was the fourth for Colorado in eight meetings, so they are only sixth in the Western Conference standings.

• Islanders: Sorokin, Pelech - Pulock, Bailey - Barzal - Wahlstrom.
• Colorado: Francouz, Toews - Makar, Lehkonen - McKinnon - Rantanen.

The Islanders and Colorado approach the encounter with similar stats: eight games, four wins, four losses. All of this promises a hard-fought battle, where the Islanders should have a slightly better chance of success. The thing is that on home ice the New York team has beaten the Avalanche in six of the last seven head-to-head encounters, and they have been playing well in Elmont this season. As a result, the analysts offer a bet on Islanders, you can take it at odds of 2.70 at betking.
Surprisingly, the head-to-head meetings between the Islanders and Colorado in New York are almost always productive, while in Denver they almost always are low-scoring. The Islanders have scored 61 goals (6.78 average per game) in their last nine contests on the ice, which is a very solid performance. Based on this, the total score over 6.5 goals at 2.40 seems to be the best option, and it is worth betting on the total of more than 0.5 points by Mathew Barzal for 1.85.