Friday, October 30, 2015

PNC Arena

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The Colorado Avalanche travel to PNC Arena to play the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday, October 30, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Avalanche at +115 and the Hurricanes at -127. The over/under has been set at 5.

Colorado comes into this matchup having played 8 games. They have an overall record of 2-5-1 and on the road they have a record of 1-2-0. Currently they are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 20 goals and given up 25 goals for a point differential of -5. Carolina shows up with a record of 3-6-0 including 0-2-0 at home this season. They are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 17 goals and surrendered 26 for a goal differential of -9.

Gabriel Landeskog has accumulated 7 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 5 goals this season with 19 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 26%. He has a total of 2 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Nathan MacKinnon is averaging 20 minutes of ice time per contest this season. Over that span he has a shooting percentage of 12% by getting 3 goals by way of 26 shots. He has tallied 4 assists giving him a total of 7 points for the year. Semyon Varlamov has 1 win and 3 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 137 shots against him and has given up 18 goals. He has made 119 saves for a save percentage of 87%.

Eric Staal has accumulated 5 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 3 goals this season with 27 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 2 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Justin Faulk is averaging 26 minutes of ice time per contest. Over that span he has a shooting percentage of 9% by getting 3 goals by way of 34 shots. He has tallied 3 assists giving him a total of 6 points for the year. Cam Ward has 3 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has had 185 shots against him and has given up 17 goals. He has made 168 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Avalanche have 5 total points this season. They have scored 20 goals while giving up 25 goals. They have had 33 power play opportunities and have scored 7 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Avalanche have allowed 30 power play opportunities and given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 27 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.39% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Hurricanes have a total of 6 points on the season. They have 3 power play goals on 35 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 9%. They have allowed 20 power play opportunities and have given up 4 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Avalanche have a total of 17 goals scored while they've given up 26 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 6.42%. As a team they give up 25 shots per game and have a save percentage of 89%.

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 2-6 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 4-4-0 against the over/under

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 3-6 straight up

The Carolina Hurricanes are 3-4-2 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

10/29/15 D Brad Stuart Back "?" Friday vs. Carolina
10/06/15 C Jesse Winchester Concussion out indefinitely

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

10/29/15 LW Joakim Nordstrom Lower Body "?" Friday vs. Colorado
10/09/15 D James Wisniewski Knee out 6 months

Tony's Pick: Take Carolina

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