New Jersey Devils vs San Jose Sharks 1/16/2023 Picks Predictions

New Jersey Devils vs San Jose Sharks 1/16/2023 Picks Predictions Previews

The New Jersey Devils will be on the West Coast road trip to San Jose, California at SAP Center on Monday, January 16.

New Jersey gained all momentum for this trip after winning four games in a row including their recent road victory versus the Los Angeles Kings at 5-2 on Saturday.

The Devils also defeated the NY Rangers (4-3 OT), Carolina (5-3), and Anaheim (6-2) in that order.

New Jersey improved to 28-12-3 with only two points behind the Hurricanes in second place with a 17-2-1 road record this season.

LW Tomas Tatar sparked the offense for the Devils with his power-play goal on assists from Centers Nico Hischier and Jack Hughes. Hughes is the top setter with two assists in the win.

New Jersey’s offense has been spectacular this season averaging 3.5 goals on 34.5 shots per match while their defense gave up just 2.61 goals per contest.

Center Jack Hughes is the core skater for the Devils after compiling 54 points with a team-high 28 goals on 192 shots made. Dougie Hamilton is the no.1 set-up man with 27 assists (15 PPA) on 150 shots this season.

The totals went OVER in 5 of New Jersey’s last 5 outings and the Devils are 5-1 straight up in their last 6 matches played.

The New Jersey Devils are 6-12 SU in their last 18 contests played versus San Jose and the Devils are 6-0 straight up in their last 6 road games.

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New Jersey Devils vs San Jose Sharks Predictions 1/16/2023

The San Jose Sharks will stay on their home ice and host this NHL match-up against the New Jersey Devils on Monday afternoon.

San Jose dropped to 13-23-8 on 34 points overall after losing four of their last five with a two-game losing streak and lost 18 of their last 22 home matches on the year.

Last time out, the Sharks bowed to the Edmonton Oilers with a terrible six-point lead at 7-1.

Goalkeeper Kaapo Kahkonen struggled at the net after giving away seven goals on 41 shots fired at him for a save percentage of .829 in 60 minutes of action on the ice.

The San Jose Sharks have been very slow on their offense with an average of only 3.02 goals on 29.8 shots per contest and had difficulty on their defense after yielding an average of 3.73 goals per game.

Defenseman Erick Karlsson led the Sharks in offense with a total of 56 points scored on the season and was also the top setter for San Jose with 43 assists.

RW Timo Meier augmented the Sharks’ offense after accumulating 24 goals on 199 total attempted shots.

The totals went OVER in 10 of San Jose’s last 12 matches and the Sharks are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games played.

The totals went UNDER in 4 of San Jose’s last 5 contests played versus New Jersey and also went OVER in 5 of the Sharks’ last 6 home outings.

New Jersey Devils vs. San Jose Sharks. The NHL Pick for this contest is New Jersey -162. The Devils played their best hockey just recently after winning consecutive matches and they will be extending their streak against a weak team of the Sharks.

New Jersey will dominate this game on both sides of the puck as they will be controlling a struggling San Jose team.

The Devils are impressive on their road contests after winning 17 of their last 20 road trips. The prediction: New Jersey Devils will win 4-1.

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