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Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders: Game preview, predictions, and odds | November 5, 2024

Modified Nov 05, 2024 14:59 GMT

The Pittsburgh Penguins travel to play the New York Islanders on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Pittsburgh (5-7-1) is coming off a 3–1 win over Montreal on Saturday for its second-straight win. Meanwhile, New York (4-6-2) is coming off a 5–2 loss to the Rangers on Sunday.

Penguins vs Islanders: Head-to-head & key numbers

Pittsburgh is 132-106-22-14 all-time against the Islanders
The Penguins are averaging 2.9 goals per game
The Islanders are allowing 3.08 goals per game
Pittsburgh is allowing 3.7 goals per game
New York is averaging 2.25 goals per game
The Penguins are 2-4-1 on the road
New York is 1-3-1 at home

Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders: Preview

The Penguins have been playing well, as Pittsburgh is on a two-game winning streak. The Penguins have been playing well defensively and in goal, as Pittsburgh allowed one goal against Montreal and one goal against Anaheim.

The Penguins were led by Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin who had 14 points each, Rickard Rakell had nine points, Erik Karlsson had eight points, and Lars Eller had seven points.

Meanwhile, for New York, Anthony Duclair, Mat Barzal and Adam Pelech are all out for 4-6 weeks. Mike Reilly is also out indefinitely.

"It's definitely not ideal, but again, we can't control that, right?" center Bo Horvat said about the injuries, via NHL.com. "So it's up to us in here to get the job done for them. Hopefully, they have a speedy recovery and come back strong, and we put ourselves in a good position for when they do come back. So that's our main goal here, is to try to win as many games as possible. Other guys are going to step up."

The Islanders are led by Kyle Palmieri who has nine points and Bo Horvat, Brock Nelson and Maxim Tsyplakov with seven points each.

Penguins vs Islanders: Odds & prediction

Pittsburgh is a +120 underdog while New York is a -142 favorite. The over/under is set at six goals.

The Penguins have been playing well due to their stellar goaltending and defense. New York, meanwhile, has too many key injuries. Its offense will struggle again, and losing Pelech and Reilly on defense is also an issue.

Pittsburgh should be able to get a big road win here as the underdog to extend its win streak to three.

Prediction: Penguins 3, Islanders 2.