Islanders vs Capitals 8/20/20 - NHL Betting Odds & Picks
New York Islanders vs. Washington Capitals
NHL: 8:00 PM EST
Aug. 20, 2020
TV: NBCSN
Latest Odds : NYI -112 Total 5.5
The Washington Capitals were able to finally win a game in the series against the Islanders. That was a little bit of a shocker as the Islander were controlling the game. However, the Islanders looked like they completely gave up in the game after what they thought was going to be a guaranteed win. That was the first problem, the other problem was the Islanders had issues in keeping the Capitals resurgence offense in check.
The Capitals in the game were able to rely on their star players to bail them out in the game. Kuznetsov score a goal, but Ovechkin ended up getting 2 goals scored. The assist in the game came from Kuznetov and Orlov and the team ended up getting 2 assist from Carlson. Scoring for the Islanders came with goals from Barzal and Pageau. The assist actually came from Cizikas, Greene, Leddy, and Mayield.
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Braden Holtby was able to protect the net for the Capitals. In the game Holtby faced a total of 26 shots in the game. He ended up turning away 24 of the shots sent towards him. Out of those saves 12 were on the equal strength, but he also had to work extra to turn away 12 shorthanded shots as well.
Protecting the net for the Islanders was the job of Varlamov. In the game Varlamov faced a total of 29 shots and saved 26 of those shots. He ended up getting 20 equal strength saves, 2 power play saves, and 4 shorthanded saves in the game.
Recent Betting Trends:
NY Islanders are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.
NY Islanders are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against Washington.
Washington are 2-6 SU in their last 8 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games against NY Islanders.
Free Betting Pick: New York Islanders -115
Coming to the game here the Capitals are going to be a little bit gassed from how much they had to push to avoid elimination in the last game. Look for the Islanders to not look past the leads they may get in the game early on and keep the pressure up, instead of trying to just keep Washington contained. With that being the case, the Islanders are able to knock out the win and kick Washington out of the tournament. Final Score, New York Islanders win 4-2.