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Detroit -½ +500 over NY ISLANDERS

8:05 PM EST. Once again we’re going to play both the regulation line and OT included line for 1 unit each. Therefore the wagers are as follows:

Detroit -½ +500 for 1 unit

Detroit +245 for 1 unit

The Islanders continued to be priced like they’re on par with teams like Toronto, Florida and Philadelphia when they are more on par with teams like Ottawa and Detroit. The Islanders traveled home Thursday, putting an end to one of the worst road trips in team history. Only one other time in the club’s 47-season history did a team manage to score just two goals in a four-game span. That was 1972-73, the inaugural season when the Isles managed 12 wins in 78 games.

To recap: the Islanders scored twice in the final minute to break a 3-3 tie and beat the Flyers at Barclays Center on Feb. 11th. Two goals in 37 seconds. Over their last four games, two goals in 240 minutes, both of them coming after the Isles were down multiple goals in the third period. The Isles just gave up a 2021 second-rounder for a 37-year-old rental defenseman — so they have almost nothing to sell except cap space. 

We have suggested many, many times this year that this team was a fraud. The “What’s wrong with the Islanders” narrative is beginning to circulate. There’s nothing wrong with the Islanders, they are just a very weak hockey team that has been on the extreme side of good luck for almost two years and now that unsustainable good fortune has come to an end. 

Tonight the Isles will retire the number of John Tonelli in a pregame ceremony. We faded the Senators in another pregame ceremony last week and lost after the Sabres scored two quick goals to take a 2-0 lead but Carter Hutton went Carter Hutton on us and it didn’t hold up. Of course, we don’t trust Detroit’s goaltending but that’s something we cannot worry about. Pregame ceremonies do nothing but hinder the chances of the home team. 

Detroit has three wins in their last eight games. The Islanders have three wins in their last eight games. These two teams rank 29th and 30th in puck possession time in the offensive end during five-on-five play over the past six weeks. The Islanders have more points than Detroit for one reason and one reason only and that one reason is superior goaltending. If goaltending in this one is equal or close to it, this ticket has a great chance to get cashed but no matter how one breaks it down, the price to beat the Isles in regulation or not is just plain stupid. The Lightning should be priced in this range to beat Detroit, not the Islanders. Massive overlay. 

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