Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Islanders Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/23/2023

Game Time: 1:00 pm ET, Sunday, April 23, 2023

Venue:  UBS Arena, Elmont, NY

Where to Watch:  TNT

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes +110, Islanders -130; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes +105, Islanders -125; Over/Under:  5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes +105, Islanders -125; Over/Under:  5 goals

Carolina Hurricanes:  52-21-9 (1st place, Metropolitan Division)

New York Islanders:  42-31-9 (4th place, Metropolitan Division)

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Carolina Hurricanes:  6-4-0 last 10

New York Islanders:  5-4-1 last 10

The Hurricanes are entering this game finishing the regular season with 113 points, a 52-21-9 record overall, and they were 24-11-6 in their road games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a loss against the New York Islanders in their last game, losing that one on the road 5-1. Jesper Fast scored the only goal for them in that game. Jordan Staal led the team in assists with 1 while Jesper Fast led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Antti Raanta was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 4 goals on 36 shots with 32 saves and a .889 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 266 goals this season averaging 3.2 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 213 goals against them allowing 2.6 goals per game.

The Islanders are entering this game finishing the regular season with 93 points, a 42-31-9 record overall, and they were 25-13-3 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a win against the Carolina Hurricanes in their last game, winning that one at home 5-1. Casey Cizikas, Scott Mayfield, Kyle Palmieri, Anders Lee, and Matt Martin each scored 1 goal in that game. Ryan Pulock led the team in assists with 2 while Anders Lee, Mathew Barzal, Noah Dobson, and Zach Parise each led the team in shots on net in that game with 4. Ilya Sorokin was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 31 shots with 30 saves and a .968 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 243 goals this season averaging 3 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 222 goals against them allowing 2.7 goals per game.

The current betting odds have the Islanders listed as a slight favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. This is game 4 of a 7-game series between the Islanders and the Hurricanes for the 1st round of the NHL Eastern Conference playoffs. The Islanders are entering this game trailing 2-1 in the series but they were down 2-0 going into New York and saved their season with a win in game 3. The Hurricanes may have won the Metropolitan Division but they have looked really shaky in this series. They barely beat the Islanders at home in game 1 and then needed OT to beat them again at home in game 2. Now they lost in their 1st road game of this series and the game was not even close as the Islanders just pulled away in the 3rd period. The Islanders have been gaining momentum with these close road wins and now they finally have a win inj this series from their home win in game 3. The Islanders were a really good home team all year and they have already given the Hurricanes fits in these 3 games. Their chances will not be good at coming back if they are down 3-1 going back to Carolina so the Islanders are going to do whatever it takes to win this game at home and even up the series as they have been playing well enough to win these home games against the Hurricanes. The best way to place a bet here is on the Islanders to win this game and even up the series here.

Hurricanes Islanders Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Sunday, April 23, 2023 (1:00 pm ET start time) is Islanders 3 Hurricanes 1.

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Carolina Hurricanes: 21-6 (+11.6 units) on the moneyline after a division game. 21-9 (+9.5 units) on the moneyline revenging a loss where the team scored 1 or less goals. 10-2 UNDER after 2 or more consecutive overs. 17-5 UNDER after allowing 4 goals or more.

New York Islanders: 12-16 (-8.2 units) on the moneyline after a division game. 15-18 (-10 units) on the moneyline after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game. 33-12 UNDER after 2 or more consecutive overs. 23-15 UNDER off a home win against a division rival.

Carolina Hurricanes:  T. Teravainen (LW) Early May - Hand. F. Andersen (G) Ques Sun - Illness. O. Kase (RW) Early May - Concussion. A. Svechnikov (RW) out for season - Knee. M. Pacioretty (LW) out for season - Achilles. J. Gardiner (D) Out indefinitely - Hip.

New York Islanders:  O. Wahlstrom (RW) out for season - Lower Body.

“It’s a tough ending. It was a close game and then got away there at the end. We’ll regroup and come back the next one.” - Rod Brind’Amour after his team’s loss against the Islanders in their game on Friday, game 3 of this series.

“(The penalty-kill) was big in the second period. The game could have changed momentum, but we definitely did a good job.” - Lane Lambert after his team’s win against the Hurricanes in their game on Friday, game 3 of this series.

LW Drury, Jack

C Aho, Sebastian

RW Jarvis, Seth

LD Slavin, Jaccob

RD Burns, Brent

G Raanta, Antti

LW Lee, Anders

C Horvat, Bo

RW Barzal, Mathew

LD Pelech, Adam

RD Pulock, Ryan

G Sorokin, Ilya

Points: M. Necas (71)

Goals: S. Aho (36)

Assists: M. Necas (43)

GAA: A. Raanta (2.23)

Points: B. Nelson (75)

Goals: B. Horvat (38)

Assists: B. Nelson (39)

GAA: I. Sorokin (2.34)

Coaches:

Carolina Hurricanes: Rod Brind'Amour (5th season)

New York Islanders: Lane Lambert (1st season)