Ottawa at New York

The Islanders are pure and simple a bad team, and have been for quite some time now. They had a good run as most bad teams do, then typically settle back to what they are - a poor team. The Islanders ran off a stretch going 8-3, but the before and after is the true story where they have come out on the right side of just 5 of 32. The recent count is 2 losses and they are just 9-25 in their last 34. Things haven't exactly been pretty for Ottawa either, losing their last six, but that just means they are going to smell a "W" in this one. The Islanders have proven to be the worst of the two teams over a long period of time as they hold a 11-37-6 mark against them in the last 54 meetings. Ottawa gets the call.