Oilers vs Islanders Prediction, Player Props & Odds (Oct 31, 2026)

Edmonton Oilers logo

Oilers9-4 · 8-5 ATS1st in the West
FINAL4 – 0
New York Islanders logo

Islanders7-6 · 8-5 ATS12th in the East

NHL · Saturday, October 31, 2026 · 2:00 PM ET · UBS Arena

Final score by period

Team 1 2 3 T
Oilers 0 3 1 4
Islanders 0 0 0 0

How the bets settled

MoneylineOilers wonClosed at -110
SpreadOilers coveredOilers -1.5, by 2.5
TotalUnder 6.54 scored, 2.5 under

Closing line, DraftKings.

Game review

Edmonton beat New York 4-0 on October 31, with the game swinging in the second period after a scoreless first and the Oilers adding one more in the third. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins led Edmonton with two goals and two points, while Leon Draisaitl set him up with two assists.

The team stats explain the gap. Edmonton went 1 for 6 on the power play while New York went 0 for 4, won 53.2 percent of faceoffs, and benefited from New York’s 33 penalty minutes. The Islanders had more hits and blocked shots, but they could not convert.

For bettors, the Oilers covered the Islanders 1.5 closing spread by 2.5, and the 6.5 closing total went under by 2.5. StatsBench’s posted picks both lost: Emil Heineman OVER 1.5 HITS finished with 0, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau OVER 1.5 HITS finished with 1.

How our picks did

  • Emil Heineman OVER 1.5 HITS (-160): LOST (0)
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau OVER 1.5 HITS (-126): LOST (1)

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Against the spread, start to finish

IslandersOilers
The score margin against the closing spread (Islanders +1.5). Blue: Islanders covering. Orange: Oilers covering.
+2.5Largest EDM cover
50%EDM covering
+1.5Largest NYI cover
50%NYI covering

Top performers

Oilers

  • GoalsRyan Nugent-Hopkins2
  • AssistsLeon Draisaitl2
  • PointsRyan Nugent-Hopkins2

Team stats

OilersIslanders
25Shots18
53.2%Faceoffs won46.8%
1Power play goals0
17Hits24
8Blocked shots11
5Takeaways3
14Giveaways15
10Penalty minutes33

Box score

Edmonton Oilers

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Colton Dach C 0 0 0 2 1 14:56 22 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Jason Dickinson C 1 0 0 1 1 12:46 20 2 1 0 0 0 0.0
Leon Draisaitl C 0 2 0 2 1 19:41 21 0 0 0 3 0 52.6
Alex Formenton LW 0 0 0 1 1 13:53 23 3 0 0 0 0 0.0
Trent Frederic C 0 0 0 1 0 9:49 18 1 0 0 0 4 0.0
Isaac Howard LW 0 0 0 0 0 0:30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mathieu Joseph RW 0 1 0 1 1 15:03 24 2 0 0 1 0 0.0
Kasperi Kapanen RW 0 1 0 2 1 19:27 28 3 1 2 0 0 0.0
Connor McDavid C 0 1 0 3 1 23:20 24 1 0 0 2 0 33.3
Owen Michaels C 0 0 0 1 0 13:41 23 1 0 1 2 0 64.3
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C 2 0 0 3 1 18:49 24 0 0 0 1 2 62.5
Vasily Podkolzin RW 1 0 0 2 1 14:56 19 1 0 0 1 0 0.0

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Evan Bouchard D 0 1 0 3 1 21:58 22 0 1 0 0 0 0.0
Mattias Ekholm D 0 1 0 0 2 20:41 26 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
Ty Emberson D 0 0 0 0 1 11:33 21 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Shakir Mukhamadullin D 0 0 0 0 1 15:47 24 1 2 0 0 2 0.0
Connor Murphy D 0 0 0 2 1 20:35 25 1 1 0 1 0 0.0
Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 1 0 22:35 29 0 2 1 2 0 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Tristan Jarry G 0 18 0 0 18 1.000 12 4 2 60:00 0 0

New York Islanders

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Mitchell Chaffee RW 0 0 0 1 -1 9:52 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
Casey Cizikas C 0 0 0 0 0 13:25 21 3 0 0 1 0 66.7
Anthony Duclair LW 0 0 0 0 0 15:16 23 0 0 0 2 2 0.0
Victor Eklund RW 0 0 0 1 0 15:32 18 3 0 0 2 2 0.0
Emil Heineman LW 0 0 0 0 0 0:56 1 0 0 0 1 15 0.0
Simon Holmstrom RW 0 0 0 3 -2 20:31 29 0 1 0 0 0 0.0
Bo Horvat C 0 0 0 3 -3 20:29 26 1 0 0 3 0 43.8
Kyle MacLean C 0 0 0 0 -1 11:35 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 0 0 0 0 17:33 26 1 1 0 0 0 50.0
Ondrej Palat LW 0 0 0 0 0 15:11 20 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kyle Palmieri C 0 0 0 4 -2 17:24 20 3 1 0 1 0 0.0
Brayden Schenn C 0 0 0 0 -1 17:48 20 3 0 0 2 0 57.1

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Tony DeAngelo D 0 0 0 1 -2 20:51 25 1 1 2 0 0 0.0
Matthew Kessel D 0 0 0 1 0 14:00 20 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scott Mayfield D 0 0 0 2 0 12:51 18 0 3 0 1 10 0.0
Adam Pelech D 0 0 0 0 -1 19:45 22 0 3 0 0 0 0.0
Matthew Schaefer D 0 0 0 2 -2 24:33 26 3 0 1 1 4 0.0
Logan Stanley D 0 0 0 0 -1 21:11 23 1 1 0 1 0 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Ilya Sorokin G 3 24 0 0 21 .875 13 7 1 59:26 0 0

Attendance 16,587 · Officials: Scott Cherrey, Kyle Rehman, Justin Kea, Onni Hautamaki

Recap: Connor McDavid extends his assist streak to 14 games as the Oilers beat the Islanders 4-0 (ESPN)

Highlights

Play-by-play on ESPN

Betting trends

From each team’s last 10 games and recent meetings, against the closing line.

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Oilers vs Islanders pre-game preview

Saturday’s Edmonton at New York matchup is priced with Edmonton -130 and the Islanders +115, while New York carries +1.5 on the spread and the total sits at 6.5. The opening DraftKings line was the same: NYI +1.5 and total 6.5.

New York won the last meeting 1-0 at Edmonton on January 15, 2026. Edmonton is 9-4 overall and 8-5 ATS, including 7-3 straight up and 6-4 ATS over its last 10 after a 4-0 win over Calgary on October 28. New York is 7-6 and 8-5 ATS, with a 6-4 straight up and 6-4 ATS last 10 after a 4-3 win at Minnesota on October 29. In the last six head-to-head meetings, Edmonton is 3-3 straight up and 1-2 ATS, with the O/U at 0-3.

The useful defensive angle favors New York: it allows 2.62 goals per game (fifth) and 1.38 power-play points allowed (seventh), compared with Edmonton at 3.23 goals allowed (18th) and 2.31 power-play points allowed (22nd). Both teams rank low in pace, Edmonton 52.8 (25th) and New York 52.3 (28th). New York also lists Barzal, Romanov, Maccelli and Ritchie on IR, with Pulock day to day.

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Player stats and form

Season averages and each player’s last 5 games, newest first. Splits: per-game averages (games in brackets); vs the opponent covers this season and last, newest game first.

Edmonton Oilers

Connor McDavid C2.8 PTS · 2.5 SOG · 0.6 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/28 vs CGY 18:50 0 2 3 1
10/26 vs DET 26:27 0 1 2 0
10/24 vs TOR 22:27 0 2 3 1
10/22 vs CAR 25:02 2 3 3 1
10/20 vs MIN 25:31 0 3 4 2
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs NYI
PTS 2.8 (13) 3.6 (5) 1.6 (88) 0.5 (2)
0 · 1
SOG 2.5 (13) 2.4 (5) 3.7 (88) 5.0 (2)
5 · 5

Leon Draisaitl C1.9 PTS · 3.6 SOG · 0.9 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/28 vs CGY 19:06 0 0 2 0
10/26 vs DET 25:10 0 1 3 0
10/24 vs TOR 20:59 2 0 7 0
10/22 vs CAR 24:25 2 3 4 1
10/20 vs MIN 24:06 2 0 4 0
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs NYI
PTS 1.8 (13) 2.2 (5) 1.5 (71) 0.5 (2)
0 · 1
SOG 3.6 (13) 2.8 (5) 2.8 (71) 1.5 (2)
1 · 2

Evan Bouchard D1.7 PTS · 3.0 SOG · 0.5 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/28 vs CGY 22:12 0 1 4 0
10/26 vs DET 31:41 0 0 2 3
10/24 vs TOR 26:11 0 2 3 1
10/22 vs CAR 29:59 0 1 0 0
10/20 vs MIN 28:17 1 1 3 0
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs NYI
PTS 1.7 (13) 2.0 (5) 1.2 (88) 0.0 (2)
0 · 0
SOG 3.0 (13) 2.6 (5) 2.6 (88) 4.5 (2)
6 · 3

New York Islanders

Bo Horvat C1.1 PTS · 3.2 SOG · 0.5 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/29 @ MIN 20:57 1 0 3 2
10/27 @ NSH 26:04 1 0 2 2
10/25 @ DAL 19:18 0 2 2 0
10/22 vs LAK 21:33 0 0 5 0
10/20 vs ANA 21:35 0 1 3 1
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs EDM
PTS 1.1 (13) 1.0 (6) 0.8 (68) 3.0 (1)
3
SOG 3.2 (13) 3.7 (6) 3.3 (68) 7.0 (1)
7

Matthew Schaefer D1.1 PTS · 3.8 SOG · 0.3 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/29 @ MIN 30:01 2 1 6 1
10/27 @ NSH 32:16 0 1 2 1
10/25 @ DAL 26:16 1 0 1 0
10/22 vs LAK 29:24 1 0 9 1
10/20 vs ANA 26:20 0 1 1 0
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs EDM
PTS 1.1 (13) 1.3 (6) 0.7 (82) 0.5 (2)
0 · 1
SOG 3.8 (13) 4.7 (6) 2.7 (82) 1.5 (2)
3 · 0

Matias Maccelli L0.8 PTS · 1.6 SOG · 0.3 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/17 @ TOR 05:39 0 0 0 0
10/15 @ OTT 18:26 1 0 2 0
10/13 vs VAN 15:26 1 1 5 0
10/10 vs TBL 14:23 0 1 0 0
10/8 vs CHI 15:28 0 1 2 0
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs EDM
PTS 0.8 (8) 1.0 (4) 0.5 (71) 2.0 (1)
2
SOG 1.6 (8) 2.3 (4) 1.3 (71) 4.0 (1)
4

Records

Team Record ATS O/U Home Away
Oilers 9-4 8-5 8-5 4-4 5-0
Islanders 7-6 8-5 6-7 4-2 3-4

This season, regular season. ATS and O/U against each game’s closing line.

Oilers vs Islanders head-to-head

Oilers are 3-3, 1-2 ATS, O/U 0-3 in the last 6 meetings. Last time: Oilers lost 0-1 on January 15, 2026.

Date Venue Oilers result ATS O/U
Jan 15, 26 Oilers home L 0-1 L -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 16, 25 Islanders home L 2-4 – –
Mar 14, 25 Islanders home W 2-1 – –
Nov 12, 24 Oilers home W 4-3 – –
Dec 19, 23 Islanders home L 1-3 L -1.5 U 5.5
Nov 13, 23 Oilers home W 4-1 W -1.5 U 5.5

Recent form

Edmonton Oilers: last 10 (7-3, 6-4 ATS, O/U 6-4)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Oct 28, 26 vs CGY W 4-0 W -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 26, 26 vs DET L 3-4 L -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 24, 26 vs TOR L 2-7 L -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 22, 26 vs CAR W 6-5 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 20, 26 vs MIN W 4-3 L -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 17, 26 @ UTA W 6-2 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 15, 26 vs UTA L 2-4 L +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 13, 26 @ LA W 4-1 W -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 10, 26 @ SJ W 3-1 W -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 7, 26 @ ANA W 5-2 W -1.5 O 6.5

New York Islanders: last 10 (6-4, 6-4 ATS, O/U 4-6)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Oct 29, 26 @ MIN W 4-3 W +1.5 O 5.5
Oct 27, 26 @ NSH W 4-3 W +1.5 O 5.5
Oct 25, 26 @ DAL L 3-6 L +1.5 O 5.5
Oct 22, 26 vs LA L 2-3 W +1.5 U 5.5
Oct 20, 26 vs ANA W 3-2 L -1.5 U 5.5
Oct 17, 26 @ TOR W 4-1 W +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 15, 26 @ OTT L 1-2 W +1.5 U 5.5
Oct 13, 26 vs VAN W 3-2 L -1.5 U 5.5
Oct 10, 26 vs TB L 3-5 L +1.5 O 5.5
Oct 8, 26 vs CHI W 4-1 W -1.5 U 5.5

Injury report

Edmonton Oilers

  • Isaac Howard (L): Day-To-Day, day-to-day
  • Devon Levi (G): Injured Reserve, Levi
  • Matt Savoie (C): Injured Reserve, Savoie
  • Alec Regula (D): Injured Reserve, Regula
  • Zach Hyman (L): Injured Reserve, Neck
  • Frederik Andersen (G): Injured Reserve, Andersen
  • Mattias Janmark (C): Injured Reserve, Janmark

New York Islanders

  • Calum Ritchie (C): Injured Reserve, Lower Body
  • Mathew Barzal (C): Injured Reserve, Barzal
  • Alexander Romanov (D): Injured Reserve, Knee
  • Matias Maccelli (L): Injured Reserve, Maccelli
  • Ryan Pulock (D): Out, Upper Body

Matchup ranks

What each defense allows per game this season. Rank 1 allows the fewest, so a high number means a softer matchup for the other team’s overs.

Oilers defense Islanders defense
Goals allowed per game 2.87 (7th of 32) 2.71 (5th of 32)
Shots on goal allowed per game 26.33 (12th of 32) 26.21 (11th of 32)
Points allowed per game 7.53 (7th of 32) 7.29 (6th of 32)
Power-play points allowed per game 2 (17th of 32) 1.5 (7th of 32)
Pace (possessions) 52.8 (26th) 52.4 (27th)

Venue and weather

UBS Arena · Elmont, NYIndoor, weather won’t matter
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Oilers vs Islanders odds

Line movement from the open

Line Open Close Move
Islanders spread +1.5 +1.5 –
Total 6.5 6.5 –
Oilers moneyline -135 -110 -5.1% win chance
Islanders moneyline +114 -110 +5.7% win chance

DraftKings opening and closing numbers via ESPN.

Line movement chart

Islanders spread +1.5 → -1.5
Total 6.5 → 6.5
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