Philadelphia flyers
Philadelphia has long lost its chance of continuing the fight for the Stanley Cup. The “Pilots” hit 36 in the current regular season. And that’s only in normal times. They were knocked down by their rivals in the last five rounds as well.
New York Islanders
For the Islands now, every point lost is on the verge of, and even beyond, a foul. He completes the playoff octet in the Eastern Conference and has one handicap point over No. 9 in Pittsburgh. Now they have a calendar on their side. At home, the “islanders” won 20 out of 39 fights in the three-period format. In addition, this calendar now sends one of the championship outsiders to visit, and in the final round, another loser from Montreal will visit. In between, they will have to deal with an already unmotivated Washington.
Forecast
It would be a sin not to take advantage of such calendar gifts for the Islanders. And if he doesn’t earn a dividend in these matches, he can quite rightly fly past the pilaf. At least in the upcoming duel, the “islanders” will try to make the most of it. They play pretty confidently. Philadelphia lost 19 of their 39 away games in regular time. It now arrives disassembled. Lost the last 5 games. 4 extreme ones in a 60-minute segment. And all the opponents in them, with the exception of Pittsburgh, were the same as “hooligans.” That is, flying past the pilaf. And here are the rivals, very, very motivated Islanders who really have nowhere to retreat to. This year, the “ice dwellers” have already beaten their counterparts, and on their own site. In place of their “islanders”, they left Philadelphia with nothing in their last five visits to the UBS Arena. Judging by the situation, this time Lambert’s team will take away points from the “pilots” without the additional burden of overtime.