The New York Islanders head to the Motor City to play the Detroit Red Wings. New York snapped a two game losing streak last time out. Detroit has won six in a row and currently hold the first wild card spot in the Eastern Conference. New York is struggling on both ends of the ice. Offensively, they rank 23rd in scoring at 2.91 goals a game and 18th in shots. On the defensive end, they rank 24th in goals allowed at 3.33 per game and 31st in shots. Detroit’s offense has been clicking lately and for the season they rank 4th in goals at 3.58 per game and just 24th in shots. On the defensive end, they are giving up 3.15 goals a game, which ranks 20th and they are 26th in shots allowed. New York has lost five of its last seven overall and seven of its last 10 played on the road. Detroit has won six straight and six of their last seven at home. Over the last four games, Detroit’s netminder Lyon has given up just eight goals. Islander’s goalie Ilya Sorokin has allowed 15 goals over the last four games. Detroit scored 8 in their last game and should be able to find the back of the net against Sorokin. Lyon has been playing well as of late and I don’t see a struggling Islanders offense being able to score more than a goal or two.

Play on Detroit. This is a 3% play.