Thursday, December 3, 2015

Madison Square Garden

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The Colorado Avalanche travel to Madison Square Garden to play the New York Rangers on Thursday, December 3, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Avalanche at +154 and the Rangers at -171. The over/under has been set at 5.

Colorado comes into this matchup having played 25 games. They have an overall record of 10-14-1 and on the road they have a record of 7-8-0. Currently they are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 73 goals and given up 76 goals for a point differential of -3. New York shows up with a record of 17-6-2 including 11-3-1 at home this season. They are 1st in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 74 goals and surrendered 53 for a goal differential of +21.

Gabriel Landeskog has accumulated 20 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 7 goals this season with 62 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 13 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Nathan MacKinnon has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 10 goals on 89 shots. He has 14 assists giving him a total of 24 points on the season. Semyon Varlamov has 5 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 372 shots against him and has given up 42 goals. He has made 330 saves for a save percentage of 89%.

Rick Nash has accumulated 16 total points this season for the Rangers. He has 8 goals this season with 73 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 8 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Mats Zuccarello has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 24% by scoring 11 goals on 45 shots. He has 11 assists giving him a total of 22 points on the season. Henrik Lundqvist has 13 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Rangers. He has had 647 shots against him and has given up 42 goals. He has made 605 saves for a save percentage of 94%.

The Avalanche have 21 total points this season. They have scored 73 goals while giving up 76 goals. They have had 94 power play opportunities and have scored 18 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Avalanche have allowed 79 power play opportunities and given up 17 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.95% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Rangers have a total of 36 points on the season. They have 14 power play goals on 65 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 22%. They have allowed 84 power play opportunities and have given up 13 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%. As a team, the Avalanche have a total of 73 goals scored while they've given up 52 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.55%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 94%.

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 10-15 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 14-10-1 against the over/under

New York Rangers Betting Trends

The New York Rangers are 16-8 straight up

The New York Rangers are 9-12-3 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

12/01/15 LW Alex Tanguay Knee "?" Thursday vs NY Rangers
10/06/15 C Jesse Winchester Concussion out indefinitely

New York Rangers Injuries

12/01/15 D Kevin Klein Abdominal expected to miss 2-3 weeks
11/27/15 C Derek Stepan Ribs out 4-6 weeks

Guy's Pick: Take New York

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