Hurricanes at Islanders 1/8/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Hurricanes are coming into this game here with a 4 game winning streak. What is really impressive is a lot of the wins the Hurricanes have had in the recent games have been very strong wins on all types of games and have not been that difficult for the Hurricanes to play in. What else will help the Hurricanes out is the fact the team has been able to play really well as a team, instead of relying on a single player like they have most of the season.

On the season so far the Hurricanes have been relying on a single player on the year. The one player they have been relying on for the scoring has been Sebastian Aho. Aho on the year has managed to get a total of 45 points with 29 assist and 16 goals on the season. The Islanders have been playing amazing hockey and are actually coming into this game here sitting on a 6 game winning streak. The Islanders have been able to actually take down some of the bigger name teams in those wins and that is going to be something the Islanders would like to carry on even more and beating the Hurricanes could be a step in the right direction.

The Islanders have relied quite heavily on Mathew Barzal who managed to get a total of 38 points on the year and has managed to get a total of 26 assist on the season as well. When it comes to getting the puck in the back of the net the Islanders have relied on Anders Lee who has managed to get a total of 15 goals on the season so far.