New York at New York

The Rangers and Islanders met on Thursday in each team's season opener, and it wasn't much of a contest as the visiting Islanders blanked the Rangers 4-0. The Islanders had a 2-0 lead in that game before four minutes had ticked off the clock. It was a completely dominating performance by the Islanders as Semyon Varlamov stopped 24 shots to become the first Islanders goaltender to post a shutout in the season opener since Chico Resch in 1976. The Islanders have to be feeling good, and there's nothing like a hot goaltender to inspire confidence. Make the play on the Islanders.