New Jersey Devils (1-0, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. New York Islanders (0-1, in the Metropolitan Division)
Elmont, New York; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT
LINE: Devils -102, Islanders -117; over/under is 5.5
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Islanders host the New Jersey Devils after the Devils defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in overtime.
New York had a 43-34-5 record overall while going 14-10-2 against opponents from the Metropolitan Division last season. The Islanders scored 40 power-play goals last season on 242 chances for a 16.5% success rate.
New Jersey had a 42-37-3 record overall and went 7-17-2 in Metropolitan Division games last season. The Devils had a -27 goal differential last season, scoring 226 goals while giving up 253.
INJURIES: Islanders: Mathew Barzal: out (knee).
Devils: Nick Bjugstad: out (pectoral), Johnathan Kovacevic: out (knee), Seamus Casey: out (knee), Connor Brown: out (lower-body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
