We went after the Islanders over on Tuesday, a game that flew to nine total goals. Again, we sit here with an Islanders game set at just a flat 6. This New York defense is a serious problem, and now they're trotting out their backup goalie tonight. Columbus is by no means an offensive wagon, instead sporting similarly poor defensive numbers. That should open up things on both sides for goals. Four straight Islanders games have gone over, and eight of the past 10. Four of the past five games for Columbus have hit 6+ goals.

Little higher than I'd like for an average Islanders team, but the Jackets are fairly decimated by injury and illness and will start journeyman Spencer Martin (2-6, 3.02) in net. This is almost a referendum on whether the Islanders have any heart after they had easily the worst loss of the season by any team on Tuesday, blowing a 4-1 third-period lead and falling 5-4 in OT to the awful Sharks. Can you imagine having NYI as a final leg of a big parlay there? Every bone in both my hands and feet would have been broken after that. The Isles are 7-0-2 in their last nine games against Columbus, including 4-0-0 at UBS Arena.