New York at Detroit

The Detroit Red Wings have been an NHL playoffs fixture for two decades running, and this year appears to be no different. The Red Wings have started the season at 17-7-8, and are 11-3-5 at home. No team has done it better on home ice than Detroit, who owns a very long term record of 482-236-27 here in their last 745 home games. That may be the best run in NHL history on home ice. The Islanders are having a great season to this point, but a lot of the damage has been on home ice where they have suffered just three losses on the season, and this team has struggled on the defensive end over their last five games, coughing up 21 goals at over 4 per contest. The Islanders are not a good team off a layoff as they are 16-36 in their last 52 off three or more days of rest. Take Detroit at home.