New Jersey at New York

The Islanders have nothing to play for while New Jersey does, right? Wrong. New York would love nothing more than to spoil the Devils' playoff hopes. New York beat New Jersey a couple of weeks ago in New Jersey and they can do it again here at home. New Jersey is all about defense as their offense averages just 2.5 goals per game. But, right now they aren't playing well on either end of the rink. Over their past five games they have been beaten by an average score of 1.8 to 3.8. The Devils are just 1-5 int heir last six games vs. a poor offense (teams scoring 2.5 or less goals per game). Overall they are just 3-12 against such teams this season! Meanwhile, the Islanders are 9-3 this season against such teams.