NHL Betting Preview: Islanders vs Rangers

The New York Islanders go up against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Saturday, November 8. Our betting preview features expert NHL predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and the starting lineups.

Side With Rangers to Secure a Victory

For a value wager, head to the 3-Way Moneyline where you can bet on the Rangers to beat the Islanders in regulation time. Our prediction is currently available at an attractive -105.

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8 Rangers Victories in Previous 10 H2H Clashes

New York Islanders have suffered back-to-back defeats, recently being beaten at home by Minnesota Wild 5-2 at UBS Arena. Emil Heineman and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored one goal each.

New York Rangers have lost their last six home games. Most recently, they won on the road when beating Detroit Red Wings 4-1 at Little Caesars Arena. There were four different goalscorers including Artemi Panarin. Goalie Jonathan Quick played a starring role, stopping 32 shots (.970).

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Rangers won the last encounter between the pair. Enjoying a 9-2 triumph when facing the Islanders at UBS Arena. The Rangers have racked up five straight victories over the Islanders. On the head-to-head front, they have won 8 of the past 10.

Starting Goalies

Ilya Sorokin (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	3-4-2	3.3	.879	0
23/24	25-19-12	3.01	.908	2

Igor Shesterkin (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	4-5-2	2.3	.915	1
23/24	36-17-2	2.58	.912	4

New York Islanders – Last 10 Games

5 wins, 3 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 3.4 goals from 29.1 shots on goal, with a 9.8% powerplay efficiency. The Islanders have been giving up 3.4 goals from 28.2 shots, averaging 4.2 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 85.7%.

Bo Horvat is the top points scorer with 11 points, 6 goals and 5 assists, with Anders Lee recording 10 points, 2 goals and 8 assists, over the last 10 games. Goalie Ilya Sorokin have a 2.93 goal against average with a .891 save percentage.

New York Rangers – Last 10 Games

The Rangers have 5 wins, 3 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 2.5 goals from 27.3 shots on goal, with a 9.4% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 2.8 goals from 27.1 shots, averaging 3.6 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 83.3%.

The top points scorer is Artemi Panarin with 8 points, 3 goals and 5 assists, while Mika Zibanejad is next best after having 7 points, 3 goals and 4 assists. Goalie Igor Shesterkin have a 3.10 GAA with a .884 SV%.

New York Islanders vs New York Rangers Prediction & Picks

Our New York Islanders vs New York Rangers preview includes expert betting advice on all fronts — from a match prediction and correct score guidance to player prop selections and a bet builder tailored for value.

Game Prediction

We’re keeping our pick nice and simple by heading to the 60-minute line. Take the -105 that New York Rangers are able to secure a victory in this NHL encounter.

Our hockey predictions are built after tracking the latest team news and reviewing recent form. We also dive into up-to-date NHL stats, which often serve as a solid barometer for how the action might unfold.

Key Islanders vs Rangers stats:

Rangers have won 4 of their last 5 games.
Islanders have lost 7 of their last 10 games on the road.
Islanders have lost 14 of their last 20 games on the road.
Islanders have lost their last 2 games.
Rangers have won the last 5 games between these teams.

Rangers 3-Way Moneyline Probability

If you go by the best NHL sportsbooks, our pick has a 51.3% chance of landing a return. However, we have this number between 55-60% based on our in-depth research. This hockey wager can therefore be backed with confidence.

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Anders Lee Over 2.5 Shots +120

Anders Lee (Islanders) has totaled Over 2.5 shots on goal in 7 of the past 10 games. We think that the value can be found by wagering on Shots on Goal and you can get +120 that he goes over the line.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

3-Way Moneyline Rangers

To Score Taylor Raddysh

Shots on Goal Anders Lee Over 2.5

We’ve got a same game parlay with three options: the Rangers on the 60-minute line, Taylor Raddysh (Rangers) to be among the scorers and Anders Lee (Islanders) to have Over 2.5 shots.

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Correct Score Prediction

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There could be merit in backing the Rangers to win 3-1. Odds of +1500 are available about a correct score bet where a nice potential return is on the cards.

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New York Islanders vs New York Rangers 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.

Rangers Betting Favorites on the Moneyline

The sportsbooks have New York Rangers at -161 when it comes to the Moneyline betting, implying the favorites are 62% likely to win this game according to the latest odds. If you’re looking for an alternative angle, New York Islanders are trading at +134.

The puck line is 1.5 and the total goals line is 5.5. A Totals wager is always available and can often provide value selections. If you want to wager Over 5.5, there are odds of -132.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Artemi Panarin Favorite to Score the First Goal

Favorite Artemi Panarin is now available at +950 to be the First Goalscorer. You will find similar odds apply when it comes to him scoring the last goal.

Player Goals

Artemi Panarin (Rangers)

Bo Horvat (Islanders)

Mika Zibanejad (Rangers)

J.T. Miller (Rangers)

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Player Assists

Adam Fox (Rangers)

Artemi Panarin (Rangers)

J.T. Miller (Rangers)

Mathew Barzal (Islanders)

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Player Shots

Artemi Panarin (Rangers)

Bo Horvat (Islanders)

Mika Zibanejad (Rangers)

J.T. Miller (Rangers)

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Micro Betting

There are always opportunities to enjoy NHL micro betting. It’s generally the case that you will find team and player props in-game and bettors can use their insight to wager on outcomes such as the Next Goal or Next Goalscorer.

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Last 5 Games

Islanders

NHL: 08/11 Wild5 Islanders 2
NHL: 05/11 Bruins4 Islanders 3
NHL: 02/11 Blue Jackets2 Islanders 3
NHL: 01/11 Islanders3 Capitals 1
NHL: 31/10 Islanders2 Hurricanes 6

Rangers

NHL: 08/11 Rangers4 Red Wings 1
NHL: 05/11 Hurricanes3 Rangers 0
NHL: 02/11 Rangers3 Kraken 2
NHL: 31/10 Rangers4 Oilers 3
NHL: 29/10 Rangers2 Canucks 0

Head to Head

NY Islanders vs NY Rangers

NHL: 11/04 2025 Rangers 9 Islanders 2
NHL: 04/03 2025 Islanders 0 Rangers 4
NHL: 26/02 2025 Rangers 5 Islanders 1
NHL: 03/11 2024 Islanders 2 Rangers 5
NHL: 13/04 2024 Islanders 2 Rangers 3
NHL: 10/04 2024 Rangers 2 Islanders 4
NHL: 17/03 2024 Islanders 2 Rangers 5
NHL: 18/02 2024 Rangers 6 Islanders 5
NHL: 23/12 2022 Islanders 3 Rangers 5
NHL: 09/11 2022 Islanders 4 Rangers 3

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

New York Islanders Stats

New York Rangers Stats

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
2 wins and 8 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 1 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 7.00 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 7.00 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 5.5: Covered in 8 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 on the Road: Covered in 8 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.40 goals and allowed 3.60 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.90 pts and allowed 4.10 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.30 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 5.60 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 5.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 at Home: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.50 goals and allowed 2.80 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 2.10 goals and allowed 3.50 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 29.1
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 4.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 10.6
Blocks: 11.9
Faceoff Wins : 30.2
Hits: 17.8
Giveaways: 16.5
Takeaways: 4

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.2
Shots: 29.4
Goals Shorthanded: 0.3
Penalties: 3.5
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 8.7
Blocks: 14.4
Faceoff Wins : 31.1
Hits: 20.8
Giveaways: 16.4
Takeaways: 4.9

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 27.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.6
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 8.4
Blocks: 15
Faceoff Wins : 30.2
Hits: 24.1
Giveaways: 11
Takeaways: 5.1

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.2
Shots: 29.7
Goals Shorthanded: 0.3
Penalties: 2.5
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 6.1
Blocks: 16.2
Faceoff Wins : 29
Hits: 23.1
Giveaways: 14.1
Takeaways: 4.6

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New York Islanders Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
14	Bo Horvat	14	21.16	9	7	16	7
13	Mathew Barzal	13	20.64	3	8	11	7
48	Matthew Schaefer	14	22.12	5	6	11	0

21	Kyle Palmieri	14	19.46	4	6	10	-3
27	Anders Lee	14	15.14	2	8	10	-2
51	Emil Heineman	14	14.41	6	3	9	5
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	14	15.09	4	4	8	-1
74	Simon Holmstroem	14	14.83	4	4	8	-5
29	Jonathan Drouin	13	17.45	1	6	7	3
6	Ryan Pulock	14	19.71	0	6	6	3
77	Anthony DeAngelo	14	18.02	1	4	5	-6
11	Anthony Duclair	14	14.04	3	1	4	0
53	Casey Cizikas	14	10.42	1	2	3	-6
49	Maxim Shabanov	6	11.72	1	2	3	-3
24	Scott Mayfield	14	18.49	0	3	3	0
41	Marshall Warren	2	12.15	0	2	2	1
3	Adam Pelech	14	19.29	0	2	2	7
32	Kyle Maclean	10	9.58	0	1	1	-5
7	Maxim Tsyplakov	8	9.39	1	0	1	-6
64	Calum Ritchie	4	13.93	0	0	0	0
34	Adam Boqvist	4	13.05	0	0	0	2
28	Alexander Romanov	9	18.67	0	0	0	-6
43	Marc Gatcomb	1	8.6	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
33	David Rittich	5	3.41	0.886
30	Ilya Sorokin	9	3.33	0.879

New York Rangers Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
23	Adam Fox	15	24.07	3	8	11	2
10	Artemi Panarin	15	20.96	3	7	10	-3
13	Alexis Lafreniere	15	17.76	2	6	8	-8

10	J.T. Miller	15	20.89	3	5	8	-1
93	Mika Zibanejad	15	21.17	4	4	8	-8
50	Will Cuylle	15	17.39	3	4	7	-3
14	Taylor Raddysh	15	12.49	5	1	6	4
42	Noah Laba	15	12.07	3	2	5	3
39	Sam Carrick	15	12.79	1	4	5	4
	Conor Sheary	15	15.73	0	5	5	0
4	Braden Schneider	15	18.23	1	3	4	-5
71	Juuso Paerssinen	11	9.22	2	1	3	3
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	15	22.99	1	2	3	5
24	Carson Soucy	11	16.06	1	1	2	3
17	Will Borgen	15	18.77	0	2	2	3
22	Jonny Brodzinski	7	10.37	1	1	2	1
84	Adam Edstroem	14	9.99	0	2	2	2
16	Vincent Trocheck	2	14.15	0	1	1	-2
18	Urho Vaakanainen	10	14.89	0	1	1	1
29	Matthew Robertson	9	16.56	1	0	1	-3
73	Matthew Rempe	9	9.81	1	0	1	1
78	Brennan Othmann	1	12.5	0	0	0	-1
	Jaroslav Chmelar	1	6.5	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
32	Jonathan Quick	4	1.26	0.95
31	Igor Shesterkin	11	2.26	0.915

Injuries & Suspensions

New York Islanders Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Maxim Shabanov

Injured

Ethan Bear

Injured

Pierre Engvall

Injured

Semyon Varlamov

Injured

New York Rangers Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Matthew Rempe

Injured

Vincent Trocheck

Injured

Urho Vaakanainen

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

07 Nov NHL

Wild 5-2 Islanders

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 New Jersey	14	10	4	0	20	0.714	8	10	50	43	7	6-0-0	4-4-0	0-0	7-3	1W
2 Pittsburgh	15	9	4	2	20	0.667	9	9	54	43	11	4-1-1	5-3-1	0-2	6-4	1W
3 Carolina	13	9	4	0	18	0.692	6	8	48	35	13	4-1-0	5-3-0	1-0	6-4	2W
4 Philadelphia	14	8	5	1	17	0.607	4	5	41	36	5	6-3-0	2-2-1	3-0	7-3	2W
5 NY Rangers	15	7	6	2	16	0.533	5	7	35	35	0	0-5-1	7-1-1	0-0	5-5	1W
6 Washington	14	7	6	1	15	0.536	6	7	40	35	5	4-4-0	3-2-1	0-1	4-6	1L
7 Columbus	13	7	6	0	14	0.538	5	6	41	41	0	3-3-0	4-3-0	1-0	6-4	2L
8 NY Islanders	14	6	6	2	14	0.5	6	6	45	51	-6	4-3-1	2-3-1	0-2	5-5	2L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Montreal	14	9	3	2	20	0.714	4	9	51	45	6	4-1-1	5-2-1	0-1	6-4	2L
2 Detroit	15	9	6	0	18	0.6	6	7	45	46	-1	5-2-0	4-4-0	2-0	5-5	2L
3 Boston	16	9	7	0	18	0.563	5	8	52	53	-1	7-3-0	2-4-0	1-0	6-4	5W
4 Toronto	14	8	5	1	17	0.607	6	8	52	50	2	7-2-1	1-3-0	0-0	6-4	3W
5 Tampa Bay	14	7	5	2	16	0.571	5	7	43	39	4	3-3-0	4-2-2	0-0	6-4	1W
6 Florida	14	7	6	1	15	0.536	6	6	39	43	-4	5-1-1	2-5-0	1-1	4-6	1W
7 Ottawa	14	6	5	3	15	0.536	4	4	50	54	-4	4-2-1	2-3-2	2-0	5-5	2L
8 Buffalo	14	5	5	4	14	0.5	4	4	38	43	-5	5-3-2	0-2-2	1-0	4-6	2L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	14	8	1	5	21	0.75	8	8	50	37	13	4-0-2	4-1-3	0-2	5-5	1W
2 Winnipeg	14	9	5	0	18	0.643	8	9	46	35	11	5-3-0	4-2-0	0-0	6-4	2L
3 Utah	14	9	5	0	18	0.643	6	9	47	40	7	4-1-0	5-4-0	0-0	7-3	1L
4 Dallas	14	7	4	3	17	0.607	5	5	42	46	-4	4-3-1	3-1-2	2-1	4-6	1L
5 Chicago	15	7	5	3	17	0.567	6	7	48	40	8	3-2-1	4-3-2	0-1	5-5	2W
6 Minnesota	16	6	7	3	15	0.469	4	5	48	57	-9	3-3-2	3-4-1	1-0	4-6	1W
7 Nashville	16	5	7	4	14	0.438	4	4	40	54	-14	4-4-2	1-3-2	1-0	3-7	3L
8 St Louis	15	5	8	2	12	0.4	5	5	41	59	-18	2-4-2	3-4-0	0-1	2-8	1W

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	13	9	3	1	19	0.731	7	8	55	42	13	4-1-0	5-2-1	1-0	7-3	5W
2 Vegas	13	7	3	3	17	0.654	6	7	43	38	5	4-2-1	3-1-2	0-1	6-4	1L
3 Seattle	13	6	3	4	16	0.615	4	6	34	39	-5	4-1-2	2-2-2	0-1	4-6	1L
4 Edmonton	15	6	5	4	16	0.533	4	6	46	48	-2	4-0-2	2-5-2	0-2	4-6	2L
5 LA Kings	15	6	5	4	16	0.533	3	5	42	49	-7	1-4-2	5-1-2	1-3	5-5	1L
6 San Jose	15	6	6	3	15	0.5	3	6	50	55	-5	3-3-3	3-3-0	0-1	6-4	2W
7 Vancouver	15	7	8	0	14	0.467	3	5	42	50	-8	2-4-0	5-4-0	2-0	4-6	1L
8 Calgary	16	4	10	2	10	0.313	3	3	36	53	-17	2-4-1	2-6-1	1-1	3-7	1L

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New York Islanders Injury Table

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