Philadelphia Flyers (49-24-7) at New York Islanders (43-25-11)
NHL Hockey: Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 8:00 pm (Scotiabank Arena)
The Line: New York Islanders -111 / Philadelphia Flyers -105 --- Over/Under: 5.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers meet Sunday in game four of the NHL East Second Round at the Scotiabank Arena.
The New York Islanders look for another victory here to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. The New York Islanders are averaging 3.36 goals per game and are scoring on 16.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Anthony Beauvillier leads New York with seven goals, Josh Bailey has nine assists and Anders Lee has 39 shots on goal. Defensively, the New York Islanders are allowing 1.73 goals per game and are killing 77.1 percent of their opponents power plays. Semyon Varlamov has given up 18 goals on 266 shots faced and Thomas Greiss has allowed one goal on 21 shots.
The Philadelphia Flyers look for a bounce back showing to even up the series at 2-2. The Philadelphia Flyers are averaging 2.36 goals per game and are scoring on 9.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Jakub Voracek leads Philadelphia with four goals, Kevin Hayes has six assists and Claude Giroux has 23 shots on goal. Defensively, the Philadelphia Flyers are allowing 2.09 goals per game and are killing 80 percent of their opponents power plays. Carter Hart has allowed 19 goals on 292 shots faced and Brian Elliott has allowed two goals on 23 shots.
The Flyers are 4-0 in their last 4 Sunday games, 4-1 in their last 5 games as an underdog and 20-6 in their last 26 overall. The Islanders are 5-1 in their last 6 Sunday games, 5-2 in their last 7 games as a favorite and 6-2 in their last 8 overall. The under is 11-2-1 in Flyers last 14 overall. The under is 3-1-1 in Islanders last 5 overall. The Flyers are 36-17-1 in the last 54 meetings in New York and 1-5 in the last 6 meetings. The over is 12-2 in the last 14 meetings.
The Philadelphia Flyers are too good of a team to go down quietly and getting them in the underdog role does have some value given how consistent they've been the last few months of play. The issue here is that the New York Islanders are a team we've been backing for most of these playoffs and they continue to shine. Outside of Vegas, the Islanders have probably been the most impressive team since joining the bubble, and they continue to cash us some nice tickets. I'm still on the Islanders hype train.
Randy’s Pick New York Islanders -111
AUTHOR: Randy Chambers
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