NHL Betting Preview: Devils vs Islanders

The New Jersey Devils square off against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Tuesday, December 23.

Few Goals Expected

There is -141 available for Under 6.5 goals and that makes plenty of appeal. Our prediction is that the Devils and the Islanders will struggle to light the lamp.

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Overtime Win for Islanders in Last H2H

New Jersey Devils have won their previous three road outings. In their most recent game, they were turned over 3-1 at home to Buffalo Sabres at Prudential Center. Jack Hughes bagged the only goal from just 18 Devils shots.

New York Islanders have suffered defeat in their last three games. Most recently, a 3-2 (SO) scoreline occurred on the road at KeyBank Center against Buffalo Sabres. Mathew Barzal and Emil Heineman scored one goal apiece. Goalie David Rittich made 30 saves (.938).

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Islanders have beaten the Devils in their last two meetings, winning by 1-0 and 3-2 (OT) scorelines. Both encounters were played at Prudential Center. The previous 10 games featuring these teams have resulted in six Islanders victories.

Starting Goalies

Jacob Markstrom (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	9-7-1	3.4	.881	0
23/24	23-23-0	2.78	.905	2

David Rittich (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	7-3-2	2.5	.908	1
23/24	13-6-1	2.15	.921	3

New Jersey Devils – Last 10 Games

4 wins and 6 losses, averaging 1.8 goals from 28.3 shots on goal, with a 7.4% powerplay efficiency. The Devils have been giving up 2.9 goals from 28.8 shots, averaging 2.7 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 59.3%.

Connor Brown is the top points scorer with 6 points, 3 goals and 3 assists, with Luke Hughes recording 5 points, 2 goals and 3 assists, in the past 10 games. Goalie Jacob Markstroem have a 2.96 goal against average with a .897 save percentage.

New York Islanders – Last 10 Games

The Islanders have 6 wins, 3 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 2.7 goals from 26.3 shots on goal, with a 20.6% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 2.5 goals from 31.9 shots, averaging 3.1 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 83.9%.

The top points scorer is Mathew Barzal with 11 points, 3 goals and 8 assists, while Anders Lee is next best after having 10 points, 4 goals and 6 assists. Goalie Ilya Sorokin have a 2.26 GAA with a .928 SV%, including one shutout.

New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders Prediction & Picks

This New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders betting breakdown features a main match prediction, a correct score insight and a sharply constructed bet builder to guide your wagers.

Game Prediction

We’ve taken the view that the teams will go under the total goals line in this NHL clash. Therefore, our pick is to back the Under selection with confidence at -141.

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Key Devils vs Islanders stats:

The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in the last 5 Devils games.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 8 of the last 10 Devils games.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 13 of the last 20 Devils games.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in the last 4 Islanders games.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 15 of the last 20 Islanders games.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 7 of the last 10 Islanders games.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in the last 2 games between these teams.

Under 6.5 Probability

Based on the odds from the best betting apps, our pick has a 58.5% chance of winning. After careful examination, our cappers calculate this probability to be somewhere between 65-70%. This is why we regard this as a value bet.

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Our Game Prediction

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Totals Under 6.5

Puck Line Islanders +1.5

Highest Scoring Period Second Period

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Correct Score Prediction

Devils

2 - 3 Islanders logo

Islanders

There could be merit in backing the Islanders to win 3-2. Odds of +850 are available about a correct score bet where a nice potential return is on the cards.

Latest Correct Score Odds

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1-0

2-0

2-1

New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Latest Moneyline Odds Suggest a Tight Affair

For this game, the sportsbooks’ Moneyline betting odds mean New Jersey Devils are -125 favorites to win and that means a 56% chance of landing a victory. New York Islanders are the underdogs at +104 and they’re regarded as least likely to win.

The puck line is calculated to be 1.5, while total goals comes in at 6.5. There is no denying the popularity of wagering on Totals. If you want to back Over 6.5, it’s +114.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Jack Hughes Favorite to Be First Goalscorer

There is +130 available that Jack Hughes finds the net at anytime. If you’re interested in the favorite to score the first goal, then you are able to secure +900.

Player Goals

Jack Hughes (Devils)

Mathew Barzal (Islanders)

Timo Meier (Devils)

Anders Lee (Islanders)

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Player Assists

Mathew Barzal (Islanders)

Jack Hughes (Devils)

Nico Hischier (Devils)

Jesper Bratt (Devils)

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Player Shots

Jack Hughes (Devils)

Mathew Barzal (Islanders)

Timo Meier (Devils)

Anders Lee (Islanders)

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Micro Betting

Instead of focusing on the overall outcome, some bettors prefer to look at the NHL micro betting lines. As the name suggests, it means placing short-term wagers and this might include the Next Goalscorer or Next Goal.

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Last 5 Games

Devils

NHL: 22/12 Sabres3 Devils 1
NHL: 20/12 Devils2 Mammoth 1
NHL: 18/12 Devils2 Golden Knights 1
NHL: 14/12 Canucks2 Devils 1
NHL: 13/12 Ducks1 Devils 4

Islanders

NHL: 20/12 Islanders2 Sabres 3
NHL: 20/12 Canucks4 Islanders 1
NHL: 17/12 Islanders2 Red Wings 3
NHL: 13/12 Lightning2 Islanders 3
NHL: 12/12 Ducks2 Islanders 5

Head to Head

New Jersey vs NY Islanders

NHL: 11/11 2025 Islanders 3 Devils 2
NHL: 13/04 2025 Islanders 1 Devils 0
NHL: 10/11 2024 Devils 4 Islanders 3
NHL: 26/10 2024 Islanders 4 Devils 3
NHL: 16/04 2024 Islanders 4 Devils 1
NHL: 24/03 2024 Devils 4 Islanders 0
NHL: 29/11 2023 Islanders 4 Devils 5
NHL: 21/10 2023 Devils 5 Islanders 4
NHL: 28/03 2023 Devils 1 Islanders 5
NHL: 10/12 2022 Islanders 6 Devils 4

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

New Jersey Devils Stats

New York Islanders Stats

Moneyline

4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games
6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 games
6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 1 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 1 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 8 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 4.80 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 5.10 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 2 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 3 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 1.90 goals and allowed 2.90 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.50 pts and allowed 2.60 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.50 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 5.50 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 3 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.90 goals and allowed 2.60 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 2.80 goals and allowed 2.70 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.2
Shots: 28.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.7
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 5.7
Blocks: 18.3
Faceoff Wins : 30.2
Hits: 18.4
Giveaways: 15.7
Takeaways: 4.5

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 30.7
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.1
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 6.5
Blocks: 13.3
Faceoff Wins : 28.5
Hits: 18.3
Giveaways: 15
Takeaways: 4.7

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 26.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.1
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 6.2
Blocks: 12.2
Faceoff Wins : 28.9
Hits: 20.7
Giveaways: 14.9
Takeaways: 4.1

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 31.1
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.6
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 5.2
Blocks: 13.3
Faceoff Wins : 28.7
Hits: 19.6
Giveaways: 15.3
Takeaways: 4.8

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Team News

New Jersey Devils Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
63	Jesper Bratt	36	19.01	6	23	29	-6
13	Nico Hischier	36	20.85	10	18	27	-3
28	Timo Meier	31	18.85	11	12	23	-6

91	Dawson Mercer	36	18.82	10	13	23	9
86	Jack Hughes	18	21.14	11	10	21	3
43	Luke Hughes	36	23.41	3	16	19	-3
17	Simon Nemec	31	20.05	7	11	18	4
81	Arseni Gritsyuk	32	15.16	7	9	16	-3
16	Connor Brown	29	16.68	9	6	15	1
47	Paul Cotter	36	12.51	5	5	10	-7
5	Brenden Dillon	36	18.26	3	7	10	-2
7	Dougie Hamilton	32	21.61	4	4	8	-3
12	Cody Glass	25	13.49	6	2	8	3
18	Ondrej Palat	36	13.24	2	5	7	2
11	Stefan Noesen	30	12.07	3	3	6	-9
45	Colton White	16	12.2	0	4	4	6
22	Brett Pesce	12	20.18	0	3	3	0
14	Luke Glendening	36	10.29	0	3	3	-5
83	Juho Lammikko	19	10.38	0	2	2	-1
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	36	19.64	0	2	2	-3
44	Dennis Cholowski	15	14.46	0	1	1	-5
48	Brian Halonen	9	7.5	1	0	1	-1
36	Angus Crookshank	8	8.61	1	0	1	1
15	Zack MacEwen	3	6.33	0	0	0	0
16	Nathan Legare	1	8.3	0	0	0	0
24	Seamus Casey	2	18	0	0	0	-3
67	Xavier Parent	5	8.58	0	0	0	-1
33	Evgenii Dadonov	5	11.06	0	0	0	-1
20	Shane Lachance	1	7.4	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
25	Jacob Markstroem	18	3.4	0.881
34	Jake Allen	19	2.47	0.912
50	Nico Daws	1	1	0.968

New York Islanders Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
14	Bo Horvat	32	20.45	19	12	31	5
13	Mathew Barzal	35	21.27	10	19	29	7
48	Matthew Schaefer	36	23.74	9	15	24	6

27	Anders Lee	36	15.65	9	14	23	1
21	Kyle Palmieri	25	18.88	6	12	18	-2
51	Emil Heineman	36	16	12	6	18	3
29	Jonathan Drouin	30	18.32	3	13	16	3
6	Ryan Pulock	36	21	1	15	16	5
74	Simon Holmstroem	35	15.84	6	8	14	-4
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	28	15.5	6	8	14	-1
77	Anthony DeAngelo	36	17.69	1	12	13	-6
11	Anthony Duclair	36	13.05	4	8	12	0
49	Maxim Shabanov	23	14.14	3	7	10	-5
64	Calum Ritchie	26	11.7	4	4	8	1
53	Casey Cizikas	36	10.84	3	5	8	-2
24	Scott Mayfield	34	18	1	4	5	2
3	Adam Pelech	36	20.5	1	3	4	8
32	Kyle Maclean	22	10.71	1	2	3	-5
43	Marc Gatcomb	10	10.49	1	1	2	1
41	Marshall Warren	3	11.37	0	2	2	1
7	Maxim Tsyplakov	21	9.61	1	0	1	-6
28	Alexander Romanov	15	19.45	0	1	1	-7
34	Adam Boqvist	12	12.67	0	1	1	-1
38	Travis Mitchell	9	11.53	1	0	1	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
33	David Rittich	12	2.54	0.908
30	Ilya Sorokin	24	2.55	0.91

Injuries & Suspensions

New Jersey Devils Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Johnny Kovacevic

Injured

Simon Nemec

Injured

Zack MacEwen

Injured

Evgenii Dadonov

Injured

New York Islanders Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Alexander Romanov

Injured

Ethan Bear

Injured

Pierre Engvall

Injured

Bo Horvat

Injured

Kyle Palmieri

Injured

Semyon Varlamov

Injured

Ilya Sorokin

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous New Jersey Devils Lineups

21 Dec NHL

Sabres 3-1 Devils

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	35	22	10	3	47	0.671	14	18	119	101	18	11-5-1	11-5-2	4-2	6-4	2L
2 Philadelphia	35	18	10	7	43	0.614	11	13	108	101	7	11-5-4	7-5-3	5-3	4-6	1W
3 Washington	36	19	12	5	43	0.597	18	19	114	96	18	11-6-2	8-6-3	0-4	4-6	2L
4 NY Islanders	36	19	13	4	42	0.583	13	16	105	103	2	10-7-2	9-6-2	3-4	6-4	3L
5 New Jersey	36	20	15	1	41	0.569	13	17	102	108	-6	10-7-1	10-8-0	3-0	4-6	1L
6 NY Rangers	38	18	16	4	40	0.526	11	16	97	102	-5	5-10-3	13-6-1	2-0	4-6	1L
7 Pittsburgh	35	15	11	9	39	0.557	13	14	107	113	-6	7-6-5	8-5-4	1-5	2-8	1W
8 Columbus	36	15	15	6	36	0.5	8	11	108	125	-17	7-6-3	8-9-3	4-1	3-7	1W

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Detroit	37	21	13	3	45	0.608	16	19	116	119	-3	11-7-1	10-6-2	2-2	7-3	2W
2 Tampa Bay	36	20	13	3	43	0.597	17	20	117	95	22	10-9-0	10-4-3	0-1	4-6	2W
3 Montreal	36	19	12	5	43	0.597	12	17	117	122	-5	10-9-1	9-3-4	2-3	5-5	1L
4 Boston	37	20	16	1	41	0.554	14	18	120	120	0	12-7-1	8-9-0	2-1	5-5	3L
5 Florida	35	19	14	2	40	0.571	16	17	112	112	0	12-7-2	7-7-0	2-1	7-3	1L
6 Ottawa	35	18	13	4	40	0.571	13	15	117	110	7	8-6-2	10-7-2	3-0	6-4	4W
7 Buffalo	35	17	14	4	38	0.543	12	14	109	115	-6	11-5-2	6-9-2	3-0	7-3	6W
8 Toronto	35	15	15	5	35	0.5	11	15	109	118	-9	10-5-5	5-10-0	0-1	4-6	3L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	35	26	2	7	59	0.843	24	26	141	80	61	14-0-2	12-2-5	0-4	8-2	5W
2 Dallas	37	25	7	5	55	0.743	21	22	133	97	36	12-5-1	13-2-4	3-2	8-2	4W
3 Minnesota	37	22	10	5	49	0.662	16	19	115	96	19	13-4-4	9-6-1	3-1	7-3	1L
4 Utah	38	18	17	3	39	0.513	13	18	116	111	5	9-6-1	9-11-2	0-0	5-5	1W
5 St Louis	38	14	16	8	36	0.474	14	14	95	131	-36	7-8-5	7-8-3	0-2	5-5	1L
6 Nashville	35	15	16	4	34	0.486	11	13	100	119	-19	10-9-2	5-7-2	2-0	7-3	2W
7 Winnipeg	35	15	17	3	33	0.471	13	14	103	107	-4	8-7-1	7-10-2	1-1	2-8	4L
8 Chicago	35	13	16	6	32	0.457	12	13	98	111	-13	7-6-3	6-10-3	0-2	2-8	5L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	37	21	14	2	44	0.595	13	17	129	126	3	12-6-0	9-8-2	4-0	5-5	1L
2 Vegas	34	16	8	10	42	0.618	12	15	103	102	1	7-4-5	9-4-5	1-4	6-4	3L
3 Edmonton	37	18	13	6	42	0.568	13	18	125	127	-2	9-3-3	9-10-3	0-2	7-3	1W
4 LA Kings	35	15	11	9	39	0.557	10	14	89	93	-4	4-7-4	11-4-5	1-5	3-7	1L
5 San Jose	36	17	16	3	37	0.514	9	16	107	122	-15	10-7-3	7-9-0	1-1	5-5	2L
6 Seattle	34	14	14	6	34	0.5	9	14	86	105	-19	7-7-3	7-7-3	0-3	3-7	2W
7 Calgary	36	15	17	4	34	0.472	12	13	97	108	-11	9-5-2	6-12-2	2-2	6-4	2W
8 Vancouver	36	15	18	3	33	0.458	10	12	103	122	-19	4-10-1	11-8-2	3-0	5-5	1L

New Jersey Devils

New York Islanders

NHL Betting Preview: Devils vs Islanders

Head-to-Head Statistics

Starting Goalies

New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Under 6.5 Probability

Same Game Parlay Picks

Correct Score Prediction

Latest Correct Score Odds

New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders Odds

Player Goals

Player Assists

Player Shots

Head to Head

Injuries & Suspensions

New Jersey Devils Injury Table

New York Islanders Injury Table

Starting Lineups

Previous New Jersey Devils Lineups

Previous New York Islanders Lineups

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