San Jose at New York

The San Jose Sharks have always had success at home playing at The Shark Tank, but have had road issues in the past. Those issues were resolved last season as they went 22-14 on the road. The Islanders are on the fast track as they are 3-0 out of the gate, and have scored 15 goals in the three games. While those numbers appear to look good, the fact is that it has been quite predictive in the past of an upcoming low-scoring contest. The last 16 times a team has taken the ice scoring 15 or more goals in their previous three games, and are a home dog, the UNDER is 13-3 when the home dog has a winning percentage greater than .700. They have averaged 1.8 goals per contest in the 16 games, scoring 1 or fewer times in half the games. The last seven played in this series shows just one making it OVER the total. History tells us that this one stays UNDER.