New York Islanders vs Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction, 4/17/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Islanders vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025

Location: Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH

TV: NBC4 WCMH-TV

Odds/Point Spread: Islanders (+126) Blue Jackets (-152)

The Columbus Blue Jackets (37-33-9) will play the New York Islanders (34-33-12) at Nationwide Arena on Thursday. The moneyline on this game has New York at +126 and Columbus is sitting at -152. The over/under is set at 6.

The New York Islanders will look to clean up some issues after taking a 3-1 loss to the Capitals in their previous game. New York tallied 8 penalty minutes in this matchup. In addition, they had 4 chances on the power play but weren't able to score a goal. The Islanders offense left a lot to be desired in this loss. While out there on the ice, they scored on 1 out of the 33 shots they put on goal.

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With regard to scoring goals, the New York Islanders have notched 221 goals (28th in hockey) for the season and have given up 251. For the year, they have recorded 80 points and their points percentage is sitting at .506. New York has accumulated 199 power play chances and they have tallied 26 goals during those advantages, earning them a rate of 13.07%. While playing at even strength, the Islanders have given up 202 goals while notching 195 when they are on offense. New York has tried 2,381 shots and has a shot percentage of 9.3%. The Islanders so far have had 2,330 shots taken against them and are the owners of a save percentage of .892. New York Islanders opponents have tallied 175 power play opportunities (31st in pro hockey) and have tallied 49 goals in those chances.

The player between the pipes for this game is Ilya Sorokin. Sorokin has played in 253 games over the course of his pro hockey career. He has earned a record of 125-89-36 and was named the starter in 248 games. Opponents have been able to score 634 goals versus Sorokin in his career and his goals against average per contest is 3.34. Sorokin has seen 7,561 shots taken against him and has accrued 6,927 total saves. He has a save percentage of .916 in his 11,403 mins on the ice. In his professional hockey career, Sorokin has accrued 165 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is .665.

Their last time out, Columbus faced off against the Flyers in a matchup where the Blue Jackets took home the win by a final score of 3-0. They had 2 power play opportunities in this matchup and netted 1 out of those attempts. The Blue Jackets recorded 3 goals of the 34 shots on goal they tried.

Columbus has put up 2,356 shots (10th in the league) and has earned a shooting percentage of 11.08%, while allowing the opposition 2,416 shots. They have recorded a penalty kill rate of 76.30% on their opponents 211 tries on the power play, and their save percentage currently sits at 89.0%. They have a tally of 180 chances on the power play and they have accumulated a power play percentage of 19.44%. The Blue Jackets have racked up 226 goals at even strength and 35 goals (27th in hockey) while having more men on the ice. They have allowed 266 goals to be scored by of a combination of 216 goals at even strength and 50 goals while they were shorthanded. So far this season, the Columbus Blue Jackets have notched a total of 261 goals, 83 points, in addition to a points percentage of .525.

On the other side of the ice you are likely to see Jet Greaves defending the net. He has a tally of 625 saves out of the 678 shots tried, which gives him a rate of .922. Greaves has accumulated a career mark of 9-9-2 and has been in goal for 20 games. He has been a starter 19 games and his ice time sits at 599 mins. Greaves' quality start percentage comes out to 68.4% and he has earned 13 quality starts in his hockey career. His opponents are averaging 5.31 goals per game and he has relinquished 53 goals in total.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh's Pick: Take Columbus (-152)

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