Islanders at Penguins 4/16/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

It is very difficult to see the Islanders losing this game to the Penguins. The Islanders have been able to take care of the Penguins rather easily in all the games they have played in the series outside of the first game. The Islanders defense has shown up huge for the team as the Islanders have only allowed 5 goals in the series so far. The Islanders offense has come to life in the series as well with 11 goals being score in the 3 games.

Robin Lehner has been the goalie who has played in the playoffs for the Islanders for most of the games. During the regular season Lehner was able to land a total of 25 wins. He has a great goals against average of 2.13 and has saved 93% of the shots that have been sent towards him. The Penguins have to win this game or they will be spending the rest of the playoffs at home. However, with the way the Penguins have responded to the crushing defense of the Islanders so far in the playoffs. What else can be an issue is the Penguins defense has not been able to show up either and that has really become a major sticking point for the Penguins in this series as they have completely been beaten on both ends of the ice.

The goalie the Penguins will most likely rely on in this game is Matt Murray. This year Murray was able to win 29 games for the Penguins, but he was not as good as Lehner on the year. Murray has a 2.69 goals against average, but also had only turned away 91.9% of the shots that have been sent towards him this year.