T.M. Selection: Oilers/Islanders OVER.

I am on the under in the Edmonton Oilers vs New York Islanders game on Saturday. The Oilers have played in 2 games since coming back from the NHL's break and both of those games were high scoring games with 6+ goals in them. The Oilers even gave up 4+ goals in both of those games and did not look great on defense in either. Even going back to before the break, the Oilers have had 6+ goals in 5 games in a row. They just played the day before in New Jersey and lost that game 6-5. That was an afternoon game and their defense did not look good in that game playing that early and they will be playing around the same time today. They are also on a B2B so they will likely be starting their backup goalie to give Smith some rest. The Islanders have had a terrible year as they have been hit by covid hard and had to play through a lot of those games but they have looked a lot better in their games lately winning 2 of their previous 3 games and putting up 3+ goals in all of those games. I think the Islanders are going to continue to play well here at home and I expect the Oilers to let in a lot of goals here since their defense hasn't looked great lately. The Oilers still have that potent offense though so they are not just going to get shut out in this game. I think there's going to be a lot of goals here so I like this game to go over.

T.M. Prediction: 6-3 Islanders.