Islanders at Lightning 12/9/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

On Monday, the New York Islanders look to bounce back from a loss when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Islanders fell to 19-7-2 and 40 points following a 3-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on Saturday. Mathew Barzal scored New York’s only goal while Thomas Greiss made 34 saves in net for the Islanders. The loss was New York’s second in its last three games played.

Mathew Barzal leads the Islanders in goals scored with 12, in assists with 13 and points with 25. Semyon Varlamov is 9-3-2 with goals against of 2.35 and saves percentage of .923. The Islanders are scoring an average of 2.82 goals per game, while allowing an average of 2.43 per game.

Tampa Bay looks for a second straight victory on Monday when hosting the Islanders. The Lightning improved to 14-10-3 and 31 points with a 7-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 37 shots in net in the win and Steven Stamkos scored a pair of power play goals and assisted on another goal in the rout of the Sharks.

Nikita Kucherov leads Tampa Bay in goals scored with 10, in assists with 21 and in points with 31. Andrei Vasilevskiy is 11-8-1 with goals against of 2.90 and save percentage of .908. Tampa Bay is scoring an average of 3.74 goals per game while allowing an average of 3.22 per game.