Anaheim Ducks vs New York Islanders Prediction: The Islanders are a much more powerful and ambitious team

Prediction for the NHL Anaheim Ducks vs New York Islanders match, which will take place on March 16. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

Anaheim has been an outsider in the league for the last few years and has no serious contention, sitting at the bottom of the Western Conference standings. The Ducks are in 14th place, a couple or three points ahead of Chicago and San Jose. The Californians were in an even worse position, but lately, they have suddenly transformed and started to cling to points actively. In the previous nine games, they only once remained without points, losing to Seattle - 2:5. Three more times, they lost beyond three periods, and in five cases, they managed to win at all.

The Islanders are a team with much more global ambitions. Just a couple of years ago, they were considered one of the top favorites in the league, but last season they lost in the playoffs altogether. And now the Islanders still have no guarantees of participation in the Cup battles, although they are trying to solve this problem. Now they are in good shape, as in the last ten games, they scored six wins, once lost in the shootout, and were left without a point three times. All that puts the Blue-Orange at number eight in the Eastern Conference standings, but the battle for the top 8 is yet to come.

Anaheim and the Islanders have been in good shape of late, but they're not comparable opponents. The Islanders, of course, are a much more potent and ambitious team who are still seriously fighting for a playoff spot. At the same time, the Ducks are hopelessly floundering among the league outsiders with no Cup aspirations. The statistics of personal meetings in favor of the New York club also say that they beat Californians three times in a row with a total score of 15:4. Now we need to bet on the victory of the Islanders.

The Islanders constantly beat Anaheim lately and are highly productive in the attack. In the four previous head-to-head meetings, the Islanders have scored 20 goals against the Ducks (5.00 goals per game average), while the Blue and Orange scored at least four goals each time during that stretch. Now they are in good shape to meet them again, so the best option for the prediction seems to be an individual total of Islanders over 3.5, and separately we should bet on the total over 0.5 points by Anders Lee.