Islanders Vs Canucks: NHL Betting Preview, Tips And Picks – January 3, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on January 2, 2023

The Vancouver Canucks (16-17-3) will host the New York Islanders (21-15-2) — who’ve lost three straight on the road — on Tuesday at 10:00 PM ET. The latest betting odds for this matchup have the Canucks listed at -107 to win on the moneyline. The Islanders are currently -114 to claim victory for this contest. The total is 6 for this contest.

This article makes reference to lines current as of January 3, 2023 at 9:27 PM ET. Find all the current odds for this matchup in the table below and click here to claim your free sports bet (up to $1,001) at Caesars!

Islanders Vs Canucks Betting Odds

Injury Report as of January 3

Islanders: Kyle Palmieri: Out (Upper Body), Cal Clutterbuck: Out (Undisclosed), Adam Pelech: Out (Upper Body), Semyon Varlamov: Questionable (Lower Body), Robin Salo: Questionable (Undisclosed), Oliver Wahlstrom: Out (Head), Simon Holmstrom: Out (Knee)

Canucks: Tanner Pearson: Out (Hand), Thatcher Demko: Out (Lower Body), Tucker Poolman: Out (Undisclosed)

Computer Picks

Moneyline Pick Canucks
Total Pick Over (6)
Spread Pick Canucks (+1.5)

Predictions are calculated by a data-driven algorithm (raw power score) that ranks head-to-head matchup results within a closed network of games. Prediction confidence is determined by the delta between each team’s raw power score.

Islanders Vs Canucks Team Stats

Islanders Avg. (Rank) Canucks Avg. (Rank)
3.16 (18th) Goals Scored 3.39 (7th)
2.68 (6th) Goals Allowed 3.81 (30th)
31.2 (18th) Shots 29.6 (23rd)
31.6 (16th) Shots Allowed 32.4 (21st)

Islanders Key Players

Name GP GOALS ASST PTS SHOTS PP GOALS PLUS/MINUS
Brock Nelson 38 15 22 37 115 3 +8
Mathew Barzal 38 9 28 37 91 3 +6
Anders Lee 38 13 15 28 110 3 +4
Noah Dobson 38 10 14 24 109 3 0
Jean-Gabriel Pageau 38 8 13 21 71 4 -6

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Canucks Key Players

Name GP GOALS ASST PTS SHOTS PP GOALS PLUS/MINUS
Elias Pettersson 34 17 27 44 107 1 +11
Bo Horvat 36 25 15 40 107 8 +2
Andrei Kuzmenko 35 15 17 32 61 6 +11
Quinn Hughes 32 1 29 30 61 0 +2
J.T. Miller 36 13 17 30 89 7 -13

Betting Trends

  • The Islanders have gone 11-7 when listed as a moneyline favorite this season.
  • Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Islanders have an implied win probability of 53.3%.
  • This season the Canucks have won nine of the 22 games, or 40.9%, in which they’ve been an underdog.
  • The Canucks have a 51.7% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
  • New York’s 38 matches this season have finished above this game’s total of 6 goals 21 times.
  • Vancouver has played 29 games this season that finished with over 6 goals.
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