The Islanders are coming into this game playing in a lot of high scoring games recently. They are coming off of a 4-3 win on the road against the Blue Jackets in their last game and they have seen 6+ goals total in 3 of their last 5 games as well. This trend has been stronger on the road as well, seeing 6+ goals total in 2 of their last 3 as well as 3 of their last 5 road games, and 2 of their last 3 road games seeing both teams score at least 3 goals as well. They are going up against a Rangers team that has not been playing in a lot of high scoring games recently as their defense has been very good, but this will be a different game for them at home. They have been trending more to the under in their recent home games as their defense has been playing very well along with their goaltending, but this is a rivalry game and a game that the Islanders are going to get up for as they always do. The Islanders have not been great on defense as they have allowed at least 3 goals in 4 of their last 5 games and the Rangers have a very potent offense that is going to find the net at home, but the Islanders are not going to lay down and die if they fall behind and will be pushing to stay in this game with goals. The Islanders always bring some extra fire for the Rangers as these two met in the preseason and both games saw 7+ goals total, but even during the regular season last year, 3 of their 4 meetings saw 6+ goals total while all 4 of those saw 5+ goals total as well. Between these two sides, there will be enough goals in this game to push it over the total.