The New York Islanders have won five straight meetings in this series, and I think they look good to make it six in a row here when they host the New York Rangers Thursday night. The Rangers fell for the seventh time in 10 games when they took a 3-2 loss at Minnesota Tuesday night. They've averaged just 2.23 gpg over their last 22 games and here they'll likely to come up against Jaroslav Halak who is 16-7 with a 2.55 GAA in previous meetings.

The Islanders are coming off back-to-back home losses but they're still 15-10-3 at home on the season.

My selection is an 8* play on NY Islanders.