New York Islanders vs Vancouver Canucks Prediction: Unsuccessful Regular Season

Prediction for the NHL New York Islanders vs Vancouver Canucks match, which will take place on February 10th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Islanders, apparently, still do not want to skip the playoffs for the second year in a row. This is not surprising since last season, all the world's problems fell on the Islanders, but now there are no global reasons for crises, but the results did not go better either. The New York team played especially poorly in January, when it lost in 10 of 11 meetings, after which it was possible to end cup ambitions. Fortunately, no one did it. Closer to February, progress still went: the Islanders certainly won in the last four games. This breakthrough allowed the Islanders to reach a ninth place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Alas, nothing like this can be said about Vancouver. In the last regular season, we saw how the Canucks are progressing under the leadership of Bruce Boudreau. Yes, in the end, reaching the playoffs was still impossible, but now it was worth waiting for them to fight for the cup eight. Nothing happened, the legendary mentor has already managed to retire, and Rick Tocchet, who replaced him, is also marking time. In five games under his leadership, the Canadians suffered three defeats with two wins, but they beat the worst teams in the league in the face of Chicago and Columbus – 5:2. This is only enough for 12th place in the Western Conference standings.

The Islanders and Vancouver are unsuccessfully holding the current regular season, located outside the cup eights of their conferences. At the same time, the Islanders have recently been able to add by intervening in the fight for entry into the playoffs. Four consecutive wins allowed the New York team to reach a ninth place in the East. The Canucks have not made any progress yet, and the gap from the top 8 continues to increase. Based on this, the Islanders are the favorites of the upcoming confrontation.

The confrontation between the Islanders and Vancouver has been characterized by high-scoring activity in recent years, but the upcoming battle has every chance of becoming an exception. The current regular season was unsuccessful for the Islanders, but recently they decided to go back to basics, focusing on defensive formations. It brings points, but it has become challenging to watch their matches: in the last five battles, only 14 goalkeeping took place (2.80 on average per game).