We only have four four games on the slate today, and one takes place this afternoon in Sweden so let’s skip that and let’s try to turn this thing around stateside.

NHL Season Stats: 3-7 (-3.45 Units)

These are Deadspin's top betting picks and predictions for Islanders vs. Mammoth on Friday November 14.

Islanders at Mammoth

Over 6.5 Goals (-105 DraftKings)

The Islanders enter on the second night of a back-to-back although it's not a long overnight trip for them as they played OT in Vegas on Thursday. That still suggests some tired legs on defense and it's not like they do a great job on that end anyway. They’ve yielded 3.81 Expected goals per 60 minutes, worst in the NHL.

What’s more they start their backup goalie David Rittich and he’s literally the definition of a generic journeym

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