Sharks at Islanders 2/23/20 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 02/22/2020 at 9:46 PM ET

The San Jose Sharks will conclude a back-to-back on Sunday when visiting the New York Islanders after playing the New York Rangers in the Big Apple on Saturday. San Jose dropped to 26-30-4 and 56 points following a 2-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Thursday. San Jose is in sixth place in the Pacific Division but a distance 12 points behind fifth place. 

Evander Kane is the leading goal scorer for San Jose with 21, while Erik Karlsson is the assists leader with 34 and Brent Burns is the points leader with 41. San Jose is scoring an average of 2.57 goals per game and allowing an average of 3.25 goals per game. In net, Martin Jones is 14-18-3 with a goals-against average of 3.11 and save percentage of .894.

New York looks for its second straight victory on Sunday when hosting the San Jose Sharks. The Islanders improved 34-20-6 and 74 points following a 4-1 victory on Friday over the Detroit Red Wings. Jordan Eberle scored a hat-trick for the Islanders in the victory helping New York snap a four-game losing skid. The Islanders are in fourth place in the Metropolitan Division.

Brock Nelson is the leading goal scorer for New York with 22, while Mathew Barzel is the assists leader with 32 and points leader with 50. New York is scoring an average of 2.82 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.68 goals per game. In net, Semyon Varlamov is 18-12-4 with a goals against average of 2.51 and save percentage of .918.

Both the Islanders and Sharks are playing poorly entering this matchup, but the Islanders hold an advantage head to head over the Sharks. New York has won 6 of the last 9 overall against the Sharks and four of the last five played on its home ice against San Jose. In addition, the home team (New York) has won each of the last four meetings between the two. Final Score Prediction, New York Islanders win 3-1

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