Lightning at Islanders 1/13/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Tampa Bay Lightning will play the back half of a back-to-back on Sunday when they visit the New York Islanders. The Lightning play Buffalo on Saturday before heading to the Big Apple. Tampa Bay won its second straight on Thursday defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1. Brayden Point broke a 1-1 in the third period and added an empty goal in the closing seconds to lead the Lightning to victory.

New York will also play the second half of a back-to-back on Sunday as the Islanders host the Rangers on Saturday prior to hosting the Lightning Sunday. The Islanders played the Rangers as well on Thursday night and won 4-3 in Madison Square Garden. Josh Bailey scored the winning goal with just 1:26 left in the third period to give the Islanders the win. Brayden Point leads the Lightning in goals scored with 28. Nikita Kucherov is the assists leader with 51 and points leader with 72. In goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy is 18-4-2 with a goals against of 2.49 and a save percentage of .925. Tampa Bay is 1st in goals scored per game with 4.09 and 12th in goals against at 2.84.

Anders Lee leads the Islanders in goals scored with 16, while Mathew Barzal is the assists leader with 28 and points leader with 41. New York goalie Robin Lehner is 12-6-3 with a 2.22 goals against average and a save percentage of .926. New York is 13th in goals scored at 3.00 and 4th in goals against at 2.64.