NHL Betting Preview: Islanders vs Hurricanes

The New York Islanders meet the Carolina Hurricanes in this NHL matchup at Lenovo Center, with face-off scheduled for 19:30 on Thursday, October 30. Our betting preview features expert predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and the starting lineups.

Back Canes to Overcome Islanders

The Hurricanes should be able to outscore the Islanders in 60 minutes and our prediction is to therefore side with the home team on the 3-Way Moneyline. There is a tempting -132 should you wish to follow suit.

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7 Canes Victories in Previous 10 H2H Clashes

New York Islanders have been defeated in back-to-back games. On the road, they recently suffered a 5-2 loss against Boston Bruins at TD Garden. Bo Horvat and Kyle Palmieri scored one goal apiece.

Carolina Hurricanes have lost in back-to-back outings. In a recent home game at Lenovo Center, they were turned over 6-3 by Vegas Golden Knights. Logan Stankoven, Jordan Martinook and Andrei Svechnikov scored one goal apiece.

Head-to-Head Statistics

These two teams last met at Lenovo Center, with the Canes claiming the win. Beating the Islanders by a 6-4 scoreline. The past 10 games between the teams have seen the Canes win seven times.

Starting Goalies

David Rittich (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	2-0-0	2	.940	0
23/24	13-6-1	2.15	.921	3

Frederik Andersen (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	4-2-0	3.1	.892	0
23/24	13-2-0	1.84	.932	3

New York Islanders – Last 10 Games

4 wins, 5 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 3.3 goals from 31.1 shots on goal, with a 12.8% powerplay efficiency. The Islanders have been giving up 3.8 goals from 29.2 shots, averaging 4.0 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 77.5%.

Bo Horvat is the top points scorer with 11 points, 6 goals and 5 assists, with Anders Lee recording 8 points, 2 goals and 6 assists, in the last 10 games. Goalie Ilya Sorokin have a 3.75 goal against average with a .868 save percentage.

Carolina Hurricanes – Last 10 Games

The Canes have 6 wins and 4 losses, averaging 3.6 goals from 32.0 shots on goal, with a 6.8% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 3.3 goals from 28.2 shots, averaging 4.8 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 85.4%.

The top points scorer is Seth Jarvis with 13 points, 8 goals and 5 assists, while Sebastian Antero Aho is next in line after having 13 points, 6 goals and 7 assists. Goalie Frederik Andersen have a 3.25 GAA with a .885 SV%.

New York Islanders vs Carolina Hurricanes Prediction & Picks

We cover the key New York Islanders vs Carolina Hurricanes betting angles, showcasing our expert match prediction, best correct score selection, top player props and a bet builder tailored for value.

Game Prediction

We can’t resist going for Carolina Hurricanes on the 60-minute line, with our pick made with confidence and there is -132 available that they win this NHL clash in regulation time.

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Key Islanders vs Hurricanes stats:

Hurricanes have won 14 of their last 20 games at home.
Hurricanes have won 6 of their last 10 games.
Islanders have lost 8 of their last 10 games on the road.
Islanders have lost 4 of their last 5 games on the road.
Islanders have lost their last 2 games.
Hurricanes have won 7 of their last 10 games against Islanders.

Canes 3-Way Moneyline Probability

According to the top sportsbooks, our pick has a 56.8% chance of winning. Based on our cappers in-depth research, we calculate the actual probability to be 60-65%. That means we’re regarding it as a value bet.

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Jackson Blake Over 0.5 Assists +185

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Same Game Parlay Picks

3-Way Moneyline Hurricanes

To Score Logan Stankoven

Assists Jackson Blake Over 0.5

Our same game parlay pick is the Hurricanes on the 60-minute line, Logan Stankoven (Hurricanes) to be among the scorers and Jackson Blake (Hurricanes) to get Over 0.5 assists.

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Correct Score Prediction

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New York Islanders vs Carolina Hurricanes 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.

Books Taking No Chances With Canes

The favorites are 69% likely to win according to the sportsbooks’ latest Moneyline odds, with Carolina Hurricanes priced at -222 to triumph in this game. For those wanting to oppose the market leader, you can get +180 about New York Islanders.

The puck line is 1.5 and total goals is 6.5. A wager on Totals allows bettors to use the latest data to good effect. If you fancy Over 6.5, this outcome can be backed at -104.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Seth Jarvis Favorite to Find the Net First

Seth Jarvis is the market leader at +1000 to be the First Goalscorer. Should you think he will score the last goal, then a similar price can be found.

Player Goals

Seth Jarvis (Hurricanes)

Nikolaj Ehlers (Hurricanes)

Bo Horvat (Islanders)

Andrei Svechnikov (Hurricanes)

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Player Assists

Seth Jarvis (Hurricanes)

Mathew Barzal (Islanders)

Nikolaj Ehlers (Hurricanes)

Jonathan Drouin (Islanders)

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Player Shots

Seth Jarvis (Hurricanes)

Nikolaj Ehlers (Hurricanes)

Bo Horvat (Islanders)

Andrei Svechnikov (Hurricanes)

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Last 5 Games

Islanders

NHL: 29/10 Islanders2 Bruins 5
NHL: 25/10 Islanders3 Flyers 4
NHL: 24/10 Red Wings2 Islanders 7
NHL: 22/10 Sharks3 Islanders 4
NHL: 18/10 Islanders5 Senators 4

Hurricanes

NHL: 28/10 Golden Knights6 Hurricanes 3
NHL: 26/10 Hurricanes2 Stars 3
NHL: 24/10 Hurricanes5 Avalanche 4
NHL: 21/10 Hurricanes1 Golden Knights 4
NHL: 19/10 Hurricanes4 Kings 3

Head to Head

NY Islanders vs Carolina

NHL: 30/03 2025 Islanders 4 Hurricanes 6
NHL: 26/01 2025 Hurricanes 2 Islanders 3
NHL: 18/12 2024 Islanders 0 Hurricanes 4
NHL: 07/12 2024 Hurricanes 3 Islanders 4
NHL: 01/05 2024 Islanders 3 Hurricanes 6
NHL: 27/04 2024 Hurricanes 2 Islanders 3
NHL: 26/04 2024 Hurricanes 3 Islanders 2
NHL: 23/04 2024 Islanders 3 Hurricanes 5
NHL: 20/04 2024 Islanders 1 Hurricanes 3
NHL: 20/03 2024 Hurricanes 4 Islanders 1

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

New York Islanders Stats

Carolina Hurricanes Stats

Moneyline

4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games
2 wins and 8 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 6 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 3 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 4 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 7.20 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 7.60 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 8 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 9 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.30 goals and allowed 3.90 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.10 pts and allowed 4.50 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 7.00 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.90 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.70 goals and allowed 3.30 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.50 goals and allowed 3.40 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 31.1
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 4
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 11.3
Blocks: 14.3
Faceoff Wins : 27.5
Hits: 19.2
Giveaways: 13.8
Takeaways: 4.8

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 31.2
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 3.2
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 8.1
Blocks: 14.2
Faceoff Wins : 30.3
Hits: 22
Giveaways: 15.2
Takeaways: 6.1

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 32
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.8
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 9.6
Blocks: 18.1
Faceoff Wins : 34.9
Hits: 23
Giveaways: 16.3
Takeaways: 4.2

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 31.7
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.8
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 7.8
Blocks: 16.4
Faceoff Wins : 33.7
Hits: 36.9
Giveaways: 15.8
Takeaways: 4.3

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New York Islanders Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
14	Bo Horvat	9	21.28	6	5	11	6
13	Mathew Barzal	9	21.16	2	6	8	4
27	Anders Lee	9	14.68	2	6	8	1

48	Matthew Schaefer	9	23.24	2	5	7	3
21	Kyle Palmieri	9	19.9	4	3	7	-1
51	Emil Heineman	9	14.12	5	1	6	6
29	Jonathan Drouin	8	17.84	1	5	6	6
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	9	14.66	2	3	5	0
74	Simon Holmstroem	9	13.62	2	3	5	-3
77	Anthony DeAngelo	9	18.7	1	3	4	-3
6	Ryan Pulock	9	19.58	0	4	4	2
24	Scott Mayfield	9	18.37	0	3	3	5
11	Anthony Duclair	9	15.61	2	1	3	2
49	Maxim Shabanov	6	11.72	1	2	3	-3
41	Marshall Warren	2	12.15	0	2	2	1
53	Casey Cizikas	9	10.23	1	1	2	-4
3	Adam Pelech	9	19.31	0	1	1	3
7	Maxim Tsyplakov	7	9.14	1	0	1	-4
34	Adam Boqvist	3	13.6	0	0	0	2
28	Alexander Romanov	4	18.2	0	0	0	-3
32	Kyle Maclean	5	9.4	0	0	0	-3
43	Marc Gatcomb	1	8.6	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
30	Ilya Sorokin	7	3.75	0.868
33	David Rittich	2	2.01	0.939

Carolina Hurricanes Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
20	Sebastian Antero Aho	9	20.29	4	7	11	1
24	Seth Jarvis	9	19.9	7	4	11	2
4	Shayne Gostisbehere	6	14.57	1	6	7	8

53	Jackson Blake	9	16.97	2	5	7	0
22	Logan Stankoven	9	16.19	3	2	5	1
48	Jordan Martinook	9	14.52	1	4	5	4
71	Taylor Hall	9	14	2	3	5	1
19	K'Andre Miller	6	23.53	2	2	4	1
21	Alexander Nikishin	9	19.17	1	3	4	8
50	Eric Robinson	7	9.96	3	1	4	2
27	Nikolaj Ehlers	9	17.41	0	3	3	1
64	Jalen Chatfield	9	21.19	0	3	3	2
6	Mike Reilly	6	18.12	0	3	3	5
11	Jordan Staal	9	15.24	3	0	3	5
28	William Carrier	7	10.33	1	2	3	5
82	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	7	10.14	1	2	3	1
37	Andrei Svechnikov	9	14.74	1	0	1	-3
26	Sean Walker	9	24.14	1	0	1	-6
74	Jaccob Slavin	2	18.55	0	0	0	-1
	Bradly Nadeau	2	11	0	0	0	-1
62	Charles-Alexis Legault	3	11.9	0	0	0	1
64	Joel Nystroem	3	16.43	0	0	0	-1
77	Mark Jankowski	4	10.23	0	0	0	-1
89	Domenick Fensore	1	19.4	0	0	0	-2

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
31	Frederik Andersen	6	3.11	0.892
32	Brandon Bussi	3	2.33	0.911

Injuries & Suspensions

New York Islanders Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Semyon Varlamov

Injured

Pierre Engvall

Injured

Maxim Shabanov

Injured

Carolina Hurricanes Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Shayne Gostisbehere

Injured

Pyotr Kochetkov

Injured

William Carrier

Injured

Jaccob Slavin

Injured

Eric Robinson

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 York Islanders Lineups

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Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 New Jersey	10	8	2	0	16	0.8	7	8	39	30	9	5-0-0	3-2-0	0-0	8-2	1L
2 Pittsburgh	11	7	2	2	16	0.727	7	7	40	30	10	3-1-1	4-1-1	0-2	6-4	1L
3 Carolina	9	6	3	0	12	0.667	3	5	34	28	6	2-1-0	4-2-0	1-0	6-3	2L
4 Washington	10	6	4	0	12	0.6	5	6	27	22	5	3-3-0	3-1-0	0-0	6-4	2L
5 Columbus	10	6	4	0	12	0.6	4	5	35	31	4	2-3-0	4-1-0	1-0	6-4	3W
6 Philadelphia	9	5	3	1	11	0.611	2	3	26	23	3	5-1-0	0-2-1	2-0	5-4	2W
7 NY Rangers	11	4	5	2	10	0.455	4	4	24	26	-2	0-4-1	4-1-1	0-0	4-6	1W
8 NY Islanders	9	4	4	1	9	0.5	4	4	32	33	-1	3-2-0	1-2-1	0-1	4-5	2L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Montreal	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	4	8	40	33	7	3-1-0	5-2-0	0-0	8-2	2W
2 Detroit	10	7	3	0	14	0.7	6	7	35	31	4	5-1-0	2-2-0	0-0	7-3	2W
3 Florida	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	5	5	27	31	-4	4-1-1	1-4-0	0-1	4-6	1L
4 Ottawa	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	4	4	41	44	-3	3-2-1	2-3-0	1-0	4-6	1L
5 Toronto	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	3	5	38	42	-4	5-2-1	0-3-0	0-0	4-6	1L
6 Buffalo	10	4	4	2	10	0.5	4	4	30	31	-1	4-2-1	0-2-1	0-0	4-6	2L
7 Tampa Bay	10	4	4	2	10	0.5	3	4	29	30	-1	2-3-0	2-1-2	0-0	4-6	3W
8 Boston	12	5	7	0	10	0.417	4	5	39	44	-5	4-3-0	1-4-0	0-0	3-7	1W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Utah	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	6	8	40	30	10	4-0-0	4-3-0	0-0	8-2	1L
2 Colorado	11	6	1	4	16	0.727	6	6	41	30	11	3-0-2	3-1-2	0-2	5-5	1W
3 Winnipeg	10	7	3	0	14	0.7	6	7	34	25	9	3-3-0	4-0-0	0-0	7-3	1W
4 Dallas	10	6	3	1	13	0.65	5	5	29	30	-1	3-2-1	3-1-0	1-0	6-4	3W
5 Chicago	10	5	3	2	12	0.6	4	5	33	26	7	3-2-1	2-1-1	0-1	5-5	1W
6 Nashville	11	4	5	2	10	0.455	3	3	28	37	-9	3-3-1	1-2-1	1-0	3-7	2L
7 Minnesota	11	3	5	3	9	0.409	2	2	31	43	-12	1-2-2	2-3-1	1-0	2-8	4L
8 St Louis	10	3	6	1	7	0.35	3	3	29	44	-15	1-4-1	2-2-0	0-0	3-7	5L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	10	6	1	3	15	0.75	5	6	37	28	9	3-0-1	3-1-2	0-1	6-4	1W
2 Seattle	10	5	2	3	13	0.65	3	5	28	29	-1	3-0-1	2-2-2	0-1	5-5	1L
3 LA Kings	11	5	3	3	13	0.591	2	4	33	36	-3	0-2-1	5-1-2	1-2	5-5	2W
4 Edmonton	11	5	4	2	12	0.545	4	5	35	35	0	3-0-1	2-4-1	0-1	5-5	1W
5 Anaheim	9	5	3	1	11	0.611	3	4	32	31	1	1-1-0	4-2-1	1-0	5-4	1W
6 Vancouver	11	5	6	0	10	0.455	3	4	29	33	-4	2-3-0	3-3-0	1-0	4-6	1L
7 San Jose	10	2	6	2	6	0.3	0	2	32	46	-14	0-3-2	2-3-0	0-0	2-8	1L
8 Calgary	11	2	8	1	5	0.227	1	1	24	39	-15	1-3-1	1-5-0	1-0	1-9	1L

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