Ottawa Senators vs New York Islanders Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 10/18/25

The New York Islanders travel to Ottawa to take on the Senators for the first time this season. The Islanders are off to a disappointing start, having won just one game out of four. They will always be a team that struggles to score goals, but it’s their goaltending that has been concerning. They are allowing 3.75 goals per game despite limiting their opponents to fewer than 30 shots a night. Once again, their penalty kill just isn’t good. They will continue to be a mediocre team until they find a way to be better when down a man.

For Ottawa, things aren’t much better. They will be without their captain, Brady Tkachuk, for to 6-to-8 weeks due to a wrist injury. Their offence isn’t the concern; it’s their goaltending. As a team, they are allowing 5 goals against per game. To make matters even worse, they are allowing just 27 shots against. When a team is giving up that many goals on so few shots, it’s a goaltending problem. Linus Ullmark has cost his team games, and he needs to figure it out, and quickly. With the Total sitting at 6.0, we will take a stab at the Over. There’s no reason to believe the Senators’ goaltending issues are solved, so we need the Islanders to just score a few, and we’re good.

Over 6.0 available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number or better.