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New York Islanders (6-6-4, 16 points) at Vancouver Canucks (8-3-3, 19 points)
Date: Thursday, November 14
Time: 10 p.m. ET
Good news: I ended the losing skid. Bad news: I didn’t make any money.
I did say “a push would feel as good as win,” but I lied. It still stinks.
Is Islanders-Canucks the marquee matchup of Thursday? No way. However, the teams deserve to finally be discussed among my NHL picks.
The pick — OVER 6 total goals (-105, BetMGM)
While Vancouver has only hit the over on the proposed combined total in three of its last five games, it has done so in five of its seven contests at home, which is where this matchup will take place. Meanwhile, the Isles have reached this mark in six straight games.
The teams have history on the over as their last eight head-to-head showdowns have generated seven or more goals. The last time they didn’t hit the over was before the COVID-19 outbreak.
Even our friends over at BetAlytics give this a slight edge to the over with their model showing 6.1 goals.
Lamps will be lit aplenty in the province of British Columbia.
Season record: 6-8-1, -0.25 units