New York Islanders vs Florida Panthers Prediction, 10/16/2021 NHL Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: New York Islanders vs Florida Panthers

Date: Saturday, October 16, 2021

Location: FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, FL

TV: Bally Sports Florida

Odds/Point Spread: Islanders (-105) Panthers (-105)

FLA Live Arena is the venue where Sergei Bobrovsky and the Florida Panthers (37-14-5) will play the New York Islanders (32-17-7) on Saturday. The Islanders open this game at -105 while the Panthers are priced at -105. The total is set at 5.5.

The Islanders will need a bounce back game after taking a 6-3 defeat to the Hurricanes in their last outing. The Corsi for the Islanders sat at 46 and the Corsi against when the final whistle blew was 62 meaning they had a Corsi rate of 42.6%. The offensive zone starts for them were rated at 34.5% and their PDO rating was 98.6 in this game. New York earned 6 penalty minutes in this outing. The Islanders had a middle of the road offensive performance in the loss. Their Fenwick came in at 36 and the Fenwick against finished at 43, meaning they had a Fenwick percentage of 45.6%. They tallied 25 face-off wins at even strength and lost on 33 opportunities to take control of the puck. Moreover, they had 3 opportunities with more players on the ice but weren't able to score. In the game, they scored on 3 out of the 28 shots they attempted.

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With respect to their scoring capabilities, the New York Islanders tallied 152 goals (21st in pro hockey) last year and conceded 125. For the previous campaign, they recorded 71 points and their points percentage finished at .634. New York had 144 power play chances and tallied 27 goals during those chances, garnering them a rate of 18.75%. When playing at even strength, the Islanders allowed the opponent to score 103 goals while scoring 125. New York tried 1,623 shots and had a shooting percentage of 9.4%. The Islanders had 1,590 shots attempted against them and held a save percentage of .921. New York Islanders opposition had 135 power play opportunities (30th in pro hockey) and tallied 22 goals in those chances.

The man in net for this game is Ilya Sorokin. Over the course of his time in hockey, Sorokin has tallied 15 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is .682. He has a save percentage of .915 for his 1,330 minutes between the pipes. Sorokin has seen 603 shot attempts against him and he has 552 saves. Opponents have been able to score 51 goals versus Sorokin in his pro career and his average for goals against per game is 2.30. He has compiled an overall record of 13-7-3 and got the start in 22 games. Sorokin has been in goal for 23 games during his professional hockey career.

In their last game, Florida opposed the Penguins in an outing where the Panthers ended up with the victory by a mark of 5-4. They had a PDO of 108 and their percentage of oZS was 64.8%. They had 6 power play chances in this matchup but weren't able to put one in the back of the net. They earned a Fenwick percentage of 52.6% by amassing a Fenwick of 41 and the Penguins having earned a 37 Fenwick at even strength. The Panthers earned 5 goals of the 39 shots on goal they tried. Florida wrapped up this game with a 49.5% Corsi rate. This Corsi percentage speaks to the kind of game that Florida played and they showed up in this game.

The Panthers scored 149 goals at even strength and 39 goals (5th in the league) while having more men on the ice. Florida took 1,954 shots (1st in the league) and accumulated a shot percentage of 9.62%, while allowing the other team 1,682 shots. For the season, the Florida Panthers notched a total of 188 goals, 79 points, as well as a points percentage of .705. They recorded 190 opportunities on the power play and they have accumulated a power play percentage of 20.53%. They had a penalty kill rate of 79.76% on the other team's 168 tries on the power play, and their save percentage was 91.0%. They allowed 151 goals to be scored by way of 117 goals at even strength and 34 goals while they had less men on the ice.

Across the rink you are expected to see Sergei Bobrovsky defending the net. Opponents are averaging 2.56 goals/game and he has relinquished 1,325 goals in total. Bobrovsky's quality start percentage sits at 56.6% and he has qualified for 297 quality starts in his pro career. He has made the start in 525 games and his ice time sits at 31,054 minutes. Bobrovsky has compiled a lifetime record of 298-180-45 and has been in net for 539 contests. He has accrued 14,525 saves out of the 15,850 shots taken, which gives him a save percentage of .916.

Who will win tonight's hockey game against the spread?

Josh's Pick: Take New York (-105)

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