NHL Free Game Of The Day: Sharks at Islanders

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The San Jose Sharks and New York Islanders will face off on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. EST at the Islanders' UBS Arena. The 5-10-2 Islanders are favored against the 12-9-1 Sharks with the moneylines at Islanders -120 and Sharks +100. The O/U on this total is set at 5.5 goals. 

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Sharks at Islanders

The BetQL Model assigns a star rating (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐= best value; ⭐= least value) to every bet for every game in every sport, every day.

For Sharks at Islanders, the BetQL Model sees great value in a couple of bets, including the Islanders -120 (⭐⭐⭐⭐). We have the Maple Leafs at -146 on the moneyline and project them to beat the Sharks, 2.95 to 2. Check out all of our daily NHL best bets right here.

The Islanders are due for a win here after losing their last eight games. The Sharks have won four of their last five games, but there are some trends favoring the Islanders on the moneyline against the Sharks here. For instance, Barry Trotz is 81-60 after a division game while coaching the Islanders and Sharks coach Bob Boughner is 12-38 after one or more consecutive overs while coaching the team. So I wouldn't bet against the Islanders' chances to take this one against the Sharks at home and close the door on this losing streak.

To calculate those star ratings, the Model crunches every player and team stat imaginable and spits out projections for every game. In this case, the Model projects the Islanders will score 2.95 goals to the Sharks' 2 goals and gives New York a 59.43% chance to win the game. BetQL also grades each team in different areas to show you where each might have an advantage.

Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin is getting an A grade from BetQL in this matchup, while Sharks goalie Adin Hill is getting a lower grade of a C+, so the Islanders have the advantage here.

Check out the Sharks vs. Islanders game page for more data like our Sharp Bettor Report, which shows the breakdown of where the public is betting vs. where the professionals are betting, line movement and top trends for teams, players and even coaches for every matchup.

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