Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Islanders Prediction: Carolina Is a Clear Favorite

Prediction for the NHL Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Islanders match which will take place on April 26th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available. 

Carolina continues to move closer to the Eastern Conference semifinals. Despite severe personnel losses and due to injuries, Teuvo Teravainen, Jake Gardiner, and Andrey Svechnikov are in the infirmary, and the team shows excellent results. In the Metropolitan Division, they finished the regular season in the first place and got the most convenient contender in the first round of the playoffs. In the two opening games, Rod Brind'amour's wards dealt with the Islanders – 2:1 and 4:2, but the first guest meeting was unsuccessful – 1:5. However, the day before, they increased the gap in the confrontation, gaining a victory – 5:2.

Just a couple of years ago, the Islanders were among the leading candidates for the Stanley Cup, but then different problems turned the Islanders into a strong mid-league. Last season they did not get into the playoffs, and now, even though they grabbed the last Cup ticket, they cannot show resistance in the quarterfinals of the Eastern Conference to Carolina. On the road, they lost both games with a minimal difference in the score – 1:2 and 3:4. After that, Lane Lambert's wards tried to return the intrigue, winning at home – 5:1, but then they suffered a significant defeat – 2:5.

Carolina is one step away from reaching the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Islanders needed to win both home games to return the intrigue to the confrontation, but they did not do this, making their live extremely difficult. The Hurricanes are playing great at home, having won the last five games. The Islanders, on the contrary, lost five battles in a row with a total score of 7:18. And now Carolina is a clear favorite. 

In the face–to–face games, all the matches were dull. Indeed, in the first match, the Hurricanes won – 2:1, but in the three subsequent meetings, the opponents jointly scored 20 goals (6.67 on average per game), which is not so modest by the standards of the NHL.