New Jersey at New York Islanders.....7:00 PM EST
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The Play: 4 units New Jersey(Pk,+115)
Yup, we have the new coach theory playing heavily in this play tonight as the Devils will play their first game under new bench boss Kevin Constantine. As I have stated before, this "new coach" parameter is a very solid one in all sports, but only for the very first game. For whatever reason, the team seems to play at a higher level for the first game.
But that's not the only reason that I like this game. We have an extremely talented New Jersey team that simply has been underachieving, up against a slumping Islander squad.
The Islanders are just 4-5 in their last 9 overall and have actually lost 4 of their last 5 at home. New Jersey has done very well in this series going 4-2-2 in the last 8 overall vs NYI and a sparkling 5-2-1 in the last 8 when at the NYI.
New Jersey is averaging more shots on goal than NY.......30.5 to 29.4.
NJ is averaging fewer shots against.......23.8 to 28.2
NJ has a better PP....18.8 to 18.1
The Islanders do have better PK numbers YTD, but over the last 5 games the Devils have killed off 89.5% while NY has killed off only 76.9%.....a terrible number.
In the last 5 games, New Jersey also has the better PP at a solid 20.0% to 17.4% for NY. In fact the the Devils have scored at least one PP goal in 6 of their last 8 games.
I know this is the last of a 5 game "road-trip" for New Jersey, but they have been home in their own beds since playing at Minnesota in an early start game last Saturday, so I don't think that is a factor whatsoever.
I think we have a live one here tonight so it's a 4 unit special for me:
New Jersey(Pk,+115) for 4 units
Good luck out there tonight,
Tiger
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The Play: 4 units New Jersey(Pk,+115)
Yup, we have the new coach theory playing heavily in this play tonight as the Devils will play their first game under new bench boss Kevin Constantine. As I have stated before, this "new coach" parameter is a very solid one in all sports, but only for the very first game. For whatever reason, the team seems to play at a higher level for the first game.
But that's not the only reason that I like this game. We have an extremely talented New Jersey team that simply has been underachieving, up against a slumping Islander squad.
The Islanders are just 4-5 in their last 9 overall and have actually lost 4 of their last 5 at home. New Jersey has done very well in this series going 4-2-2 in the last 8 overall vs NYI and a sparkling 5-2-1 in the last 8 when at the NYI.
New Jersey is averaging more shots on goal than NY.......30.5 to 29.4.
NJ is averaging fewer shots against.......23.8 to 28.2
NJ has a better PP....18.8 to 18.1
The Islanders do have better PK numbers YTD, but over the last 5 games the Devils have killed off 89.5% while NY has killed off only 76.9%.....a terrible number.
In the last 5 games, New Jersey also has the better PP at a solid 20.0% to 17.4% for NY. In fact the the Devils have scored at least one PP goal in 6 of their last 8 games.
I know this is the last of a 5 game "road-trip" for New Jersey, but they have been home in their own beds since playing at Minnesota in an early start game last Saturday, so I don't think that is a factor whatsoever.
I think we have a live one here tonight so it's a 4 unit special for me:
New Jersey(Pk,+115) for 4 units
Good luck out there tonight,
Tiger
