Islanders carry a three-game winless run into San Jose against a Sharks side on five straight losses

Slight lean · Yes 56.8%. This is a modest probability edge, not a high-certainty outcome. The Islanders are 0-2-1 in their last three, but they picked up a point in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Devils on Saturday, November 7. Ilya Sorokin made a season-high 45 saves in that game. New York is 7-6-3 overall and 3-3-1 on the road, and this game opens a three-game California trip on Monday, November 9. The Sharks are 7-11-1 and have lost five consecutive games and seven of their last eight, according to reports. They followed a 4-1 loss at Minnesota with a defeat on Saturday, which came on the second night of a back-to-back. Coach Ryan Warsofsky said his team did some good things but "come up on the losing end again." The Islanders are far from healthy. Alexander Romanov has a torn ACL, and Mathew Barzal and Matias Maccelli were still sidelined on Saturday, though both skated in regular jerseys that morning. Yahoo reported that three missing players will join the California trip. The thing to watch is whether Barzal or Maccelli is in the lineup in San Jose. Either one would change how this game looks for New York.