ASA TOP PLAY 10* on New York Islanders Money Line (+) over Washington Capitals, Wednesday at 3:00 PM ET

We'll take the teacher over the pupil in this one. The Islanders are coached by Barry Trotz. He led the Capitals to the Stanley Cup Championship two years ago. Then that summer Washington wouldn't give him the contract he wanted (and, arguably) had earned via leading the Caps to win it all! Trotz ended up with the Islanders and his assistant, Todd Rierden, is now the Capitals coach. The Islanders are off a fantastic effort against the Panthers in which they dominated Florida throughout much of the series which lasted only 4 games. New York plays a defensive style that stifles and frustrates opponents and that will be the key again here. The Capitals were not very impressive in their level of play in the round robin that preceded this series for them. Trotz certainly knows many of the Washington players and their tendencies very well and he is a very good coach. Additionally, the Islanders have won 6 of the last 8 playoff series between these teams but lost the most recent one between these teams in 2015. Per our computer math model, payback begins here with a Game One upset win for the underdog in this one. ASA PLAY New York Islanders on the money line in afternoon action Wednesday.